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Linda Markin describes her family background in Brighton, New York with its large Jewish population. She was in the second class of women to graduate from Dartmouth College, and discusses hostility that was directed toward women students. She…

Mary Mathias speaks of growing up in privilege in Scarsdale, New York, graduating from Wellesley College, then continuing her education at Brandeis and New York University, where she met and married Robert Houriet. Houriet worked as a reporter in New…

Martha Abbott speaks of growing up in Burlington, Vermont and having a political awakening after the Kent State shootings in 1970. Before that she had been an English major at the University of Vermont, but dropped out to work with the newly formed…

Thurmond Knight speaks of his childhood spent outdoors in the Florida Everglades, his family’s strong musical connection in their Southern Baptist church community, attending Florida State University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic…

Peter Cobb speaks of going to school in Rutland, Vermont in the 1960s, his family's view of the urban immigrants, and his decision to attend the University of Vermont. He then describes how he became involved in environmental issues while at UVM,…

Polly Darnell describes growing up in Connecticut, hearing of a commune in Putney, Vermont, coming to Vermont to attend Windham College, and becoming involved with the Red Clover Collective in Putney. She speaks of the Free Vermont movement and…

Stuart Copans speaks his visits as a teenager to the nearby Bruderhof Community of Brothers in New Paltz, New York. He discusses graduating from the Stanford University School of Medicine in 1969, visiting communes in the Bay area as part of a free…

Bill Lippert speaks of growing up in rural Pennsylvania, the gay son of an Evangelical United Brethren minister; of the influence of his aunt, Mary Alice Lippert, a teacher in Sierra Leone, and of his college years at Earlham College, a Quaker…

In his first interview on 7 January 2016, Ken Wibecan speaks of growing up in Brooklyn, New York in a multicultural neighborhood, and the influence of his family, particularly his grandfather, and of the Jewish community, on his political…

Tom Plumb describes being a student at Middlebury College from 1971 to 1975, and of being involved in environmental activism, including protesting Seabrook, working with the Clamshell Alliance, and joining the board of the Vermont Railroad Passengers…

Emily and Rick Hausman begin the interview with descriptions of their family backgrounds and meeting at the Farm and Wilderness Camps in Plymouth, Vermont. Emily speaks of growing up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and her family connection with…

Loraine Janowski speaks of growing up in Rutland, Vermont, her move to Cambridge, Massachusetts, participating in anti-war protests, and then returning to Vermont to live at the Maple Hill Commune in Plainfield. She describes founding Mullein Hill…