Oral history interview of Dorthy Bolden, clip 2 of 2
Oral history interview of Dorthy Bolden, clip 2 of 2
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Title
Oral history interview of Dorthy Bolden , clip 2 of 2
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Creator, Interviewer
West , E . Bernard (Earl Bernard) , 1948-
Creator, Interviewee
Bolden, Dorothy, 1923-2005
Description
In this clip , Dorothy Bolden talks about her life as a domestic worker in Atlanta , Georgia . She describes the harsh conditions under which domestics worked in addition to the lack of compassion and respect they received from their employers . Bolden also mentions that she was very outspoken , and that once she was sent to a psychiatric hospital following an altercation with wife of her employer .
Geographic Location
Atlanta (Ga.)
Date Original
1978 December 7
Date Digital
2015
Format
Audio
Analog Format
7 in. reel-to-reel audio tape, 3 3/4 ips;
Digital Format
mp3
Extent
33:32 minutes
Catalog Number
MSS 637.020.002
Collection
Living Atlanta oral history recordings
Publisher
Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305
Rights
Copyright is held by WRFG. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivsCC BY-NC-ND license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Notes
Dorothy Lee Bolden Thompson (October 13, 1923 or 1924-July 14, 2005) served as a domestic worker in Atlanta for 41 years. In the 1960s, she became an advocate for working women and the working poor and founded the National Domestic Workers Union of America, Inc. in 1968.
Source
ahc.637.020.002
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