Interview with Mary Widner, October 9, 1986
Project: Women and Collective Protest Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Mary Widner talks about how she and her family became involved with the Brookside strike, especially through the opening of their home to protesters and getting a job to support her family during the effort. She talks about her choice not be in the documentary "Harlan County, USA." She discusses conflicts on the line and her experiences with ligation and jail. She talks about the attitudes toward women protesters.Interview Accession
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Brookside Women's Club Harlan County U.S.A. (Motion picture) F. Byrd Hogg FamiliesInterview Rights
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Widner, Mary Interview by Sally Ward Maggard. 09 Oct. 1986. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Widner, M. (1986, October 09). Interview by S. W. Maggard. Women and Collective Protest Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Widner, Mary, interview by Sally Ward Maggard. October 09, 1986, Women and Collective Protest Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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