Interview with Gerry Foote : The Movement Oral History Project
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Gerry Foote discusses her role as an anti-Vietnam War organizer at Stanford University from the late 1960s through the early 1970s. Foote explores her work with the Bay Area Revolutionary Union and Venceremos, the gender dynamics of radical campus movements, her role in the Henry Cabot Lodge protest of 1971, and her subsequent trial and suspension by the Stanford Judicial Council
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Extent | 1 text file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | May 15, 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Foote, Gerry | |
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| Creator | Foote, Gerry | |
| Interviewer | Hayes, Amanda Eve | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Bay Area Revolutionary Union |
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| Subject | Venceremos (Organization) |
| Subject | College Students > Political Activity > United States |
| Subject | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest Movements |
| Subject | Anti-war demonstrations |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Biography | A fourth-generation Oregonian, Geraldine (or Gerry) was born in Portland, where she has lived most of her life. In grade school years she lived in Santa Rosa, California moving back to Portland at age 12. While in high school, she was an exchange student in New Delhi, India. She attended and worked at Stanford in 1969 and the early 70s where she became involved in work against the Vietnam War and was eventually suspended for protesting Henry Cabot Lodge. After years at San Jose State and Portland State universities, she earned a B.S. in History, and eventually, an M.A.L.S. from Reed College with a creative thesis in poetry. For over twenty years, Gerry developed and taught in high school writing programs and later helped to found the low residency MFA in Writing program at Pacific University. Geraldine divides time between family, writing, art, singing, and peace and justice advocacy work. She co-directs the Veterans Bridge Fund to assist those returned from deployments and works in support of a domestic violence shelter. She is also a steward for Menucha, a non-profit artist and retreat center in the Columbia River Gorge. Gerry hikes & kayaks with her husband and son, writes, and paints watercolors, for use with Peace Leaves, a series of gift poems, letter-pressed on leaf-shaped fine arts papers. Her chapbook, Mouth Toward Sky, published by Finishing Line Press, contains poems that explore nature and family, motherhood, as well as memories of the Kennedy assassination, Vietnam, 9/11, and recent protests. |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/kq593qy8681 |
| Location | SC1432 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. For commercial permission requests, please contact the copyright holders.
- Copyright
- Copyright Gerry Foote and Amanda Eve Hayes, 2018. All rights reserved.
Collection
The Movement oral history project, 2018
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