Oral history interview with Frances Boehm, 2003

Biographical Note

Activist

Scope and Contents

Discussion of early life: work in candy shop, school years, friendships; discussion of 1960s youth culture; discussion of parenting; involvement with the Boehm Foundation: trip to South Africa; establishment of Nancy Boehm Coster Internship Foundation; reflections on feminism; reflections on activism in Long Island; participation in 1963 March on Washington; disappointment with the politics of the early 2000s

Subjects

• Albarelli, Gerry, interviewer.
• Boehm, Frances--Interviews.
• Boehm Foundation (New York, N.Y.)
• Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations.
• Civil rights demonstrations--United States.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Second-wave feminism.
• United States--Politics and government.

Access Conditions

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