| Title: |
Reminiscences of Pleasant Harrison
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A155
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Black Women Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background; early employment; separation and marriage; importance of religion; occupational injury; difficulty in getting disability payments; night school education; encounters with racial prejudice; ideas on welfare and women's movement; hobbies and crafts; experiences building own house at age 46.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 92 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Schlesinger Library for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1979 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Harrison, Pleasant, 1915-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1915
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| Speaker occupation: |
Civil servant
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| Age at speaking: |
64
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| Document date: |
1979
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| Interviewer: |
Greenlee, Marcia M.
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American women; African American women executives; African Americans--Civil rights; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; North America; Oral history; Race relations--United States; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Harrison, Pleasant, 1915-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0019405-14848
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