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The Long Journey Down Market Street: An Oral History Based Biography Of Mary Craik., Denise Vulhop Watkins
The Long Journey Down Market Street: An Oral History Based Biography Of Mary Craik., Denise Vulhop Watkins
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This interdisciplinary dissertation examines the life of Mary B. Craik, a Louisvillian who was a professor, feminist activist, philanthropist and artist. The project’s main focus is on Craik’s feminist awakening and activism, and their alignment with second wave feminism. The primary method of data collection was oral history and consisted of interviews with Craik and some of her friends, acquaintances, and colleagues. Additional sources included a scrapbook that documented her major life events, the trial transcript from a gender discrimination lawsuit she launched, and art quilts she made in her later years after she retired. This project examines these resources …