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Interview With Ann Hunter "Annie" Popkin - Oh 243, Ann Hunter Popkin

Winthrop University Oral History Program

Ann Hunter “Annie” Popkin (1945-) is a women’s rights activist, professor of women’s studies, and accomplished author who was active during the Radical 1960s. She is also a white woman, so this interview shows both sexism and racial tensions within the movement. In this interview, Popkin discussing her early life as an activist, including her childhood interest in disparities between neighborhoods, being a Beatnik, attending the March on Washington, and handling her progressive ideals and the conformist ideals taught during the 1950s. Popkin also discusses Women’s Liberation, the Religious Right, religious people aligned with the progressives, Black Power, the New …