West Virginia Feminist Activist and Women's History Collection
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This subject heading serves to unite all of the collections held by WVU that pertain to this special collecting effort.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Marat Moore Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4754
Overview
Jean L. “Marat” Moore is a journalist, photographer, author, and former coal miner best known for her work with the Coal Employment Project (CEP) and the Coal Mining Women’s Support Team (CWST). This collection mostly contains materials related to her work with the CEP between 1980 and 1998.
Dates:
1978-2013 and undated
Women Miners Oral History Project Records and Recordings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4690
Overview
The Women Miners Oral History Project aims to collect and preserve the life histories of women in the Appalachian region who entered the mines as protected workers in the late 1970s after decades of exclusion. This collection contains materials created for the Women Miners Oral History Project, moslty oral history recordings and transcripts.
Dates:
2021-2025