Interview with Jo Lisa Ashley, December 14, 2012
Project: American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team Oral History Project
Interview Summary
This interview documents the activities of then-Sergeant Jo Lisa Ashley, who was a member of the Kentucky Army National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 1 in Afghanistan from August 7th, 2009 to June 28th, 2010. Topics include women's empowerment, nation-building and corruption.Interview Accession
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ADT projects in Afghanstan Afghan living conditions Afghan men Afghan women attitude toward women's empowerment Bagram Airfield (Afghanistan) Comprehensive Counterinsurgency Campaign DAIL Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Director of Women's Affairs DOWA insurgent attack on Bagram International Security Assistance Force issue of American women being allowed in combat living conditions Nebraska ADT projects in Afghanistan relationship with Afghan women and men Saffron Project women's empowermentInterview LC Subject
Afghanistan Bamyan (Afghanistan) Bee culture Corruption--Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) Kabul (Afghanistan) Kapisa (Afghanistan) Nation-building--Afghanistan Nation-building Panjshir (Afghanistan) Parvan (Afghanistan) Sexual harassment in the militaryInterview Rights
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Ashley, Jo Lisa Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 14 Dec. 2012. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Ashley, J.L. (2012, December 14). Interview by J. Suchanek. American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Ashley, Jo Lisa, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. December 14, 2012, American Veterans: Kentucky National Guard Agriculture Development Team Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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