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Women

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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:

DJ bent interview, 2019-08-30

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc016_01
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In this interview, Darby Hickey, known professionally as DJ bent, talks about her early music memories and connections including in childhood, in D.C., and her experience DJing in D.C. and as a founding member Anthology of Booty.

Dates: 2019-08-30

DJ Mothersheister interview, 2019-09-02

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc016_05
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In this interview, Slammer Musuta, known professionally as DJ Mothersheister, discusses music influences from her childhood in Arlington, Texas; her college years in South Africa and Ithaca, New York; her adopted home of D.C.; and her role as a founding member of Anthology Booty.

Dates: 2019-09-02

DJ Natty Boom interview, 2019-06-11

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc016_02
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During this interview, Ebony Dumas, known professionally as DJ Natty Boom, talks about her childhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, her connection to music, her life experience in D.C., and her experience as a founding member of Anthology Booty.

Dates: 2019-06-11

Easter Brown interview, 2022-01-06

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Identifier: rwhc_ohp_2022_005.wav
Abstract In this oral history interview, Easter Brown discusses her life and experiences moving from Marshville, North Carolina, to Washington, DC, in 1959. Recalling her upbringing in Marshville, Ms. Brown talks about her early educational experiences, her family’s work as sharecroppers, and racial segregation in her hometown. Ms. Brown talks about her decision to move to Washington, finding work in the city, meeting her husband and raising her children, and the changes she’s seen in her...
Dates: 2022-01-06

Elinor Hart interview, 2017-11-10

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc002_04.wav
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Elinor Hart discusses moving to Mount Pleasant in 1974, changing demographics of the neighborhood, the controversy of the neighborhood's Historic District designation, her memories of the 1991 riot, police-community relations, and gentrification.

Dates: 2017-11-10

Esther Siegel interview part 1, 2019-08-28

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc024_04_1.wav
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Esther Siegel discusses her background, the effort to create a limited-equity cooperative at her apartment complex, her work helping tenants across the city turn their buildings into cooperatives, and her work training co-op members nationally and internationally.

Dates: 2019-08-28

Esther Siegel interview part 2, 2019-08-28

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc024_04_2.wav
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Esther Siegel discusses her background, the effort to create a limited-equity cooperative at her apartment complex, her work helping tenants across the city turn their buildings into cooperatives, and her work training co-op members nationally and internationally.

Dates: 2019-08-28

Faith Wheeler interview part 1, 2021-10-30

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Identifier: dcpl_220_003_01.wav
Abstract In this interview, Faith Wheeler discusses how she came to live in DC and what attracted her to Takoma – specifically that it was a mostly Black, integrated, and friendly community where the neighbors looked out for one another. She talks about some of her longtime neighbors and the work of Neighbors, Inc., which she became involved with. She discusses her daughter’s schooling and the decision to send her to Sidwell Friends rather than Takoma Elementary School. She comments on her daughter’s...
Dates: 2021-10-30

Faith Wheeler interview part 2, 2021-10-30

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Identifier: dcpl_220_003_02.wav
Abstract In this interview, Faith Wheeler discusses how she came to live in DC and what attracted her to Takoma – specifically that it was a mostly Black, integrated, and friendly community where the neighbors looked out for one another. She talks about some of her longtime neighbors and the work of Neighbors, Inc., which she became involved with. She discusses her daughter’s schooling and the decision to send her to Sidwell Friends rather than Takoma Elementary School. She comments on her daughter’s...
Dates: 2021-10-30

Fannie Robinson and Nadine Lockard interview, 2017-07-11

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Identifier: dcpl_dcohc005
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In this interview, Fannie Robinson and her daughter Nadine Lockard discuss moving into a predominantly white neighborhood in Washington, D.C., attending an interracial church, and Lockard's experience in the D.C. school system. Nadine also speaks about becoming a special education teacher in the District. Robinson explains working in school lunch rooms and at the Marriott Hadsa. Robinson describes her husbands and boyfriends.

Dates: 2017-07-11