Interview with Ginger McGovern
- Title
- Interview with Ginger McGovern
- Description
- An interview with Ginger McGovern, who has been involved with Herland, a women’s community and resource space in Oklahoma City, since 1986. She discusses Herland's origins, which began as a group of lesbians seeking to create a safe space and bookstore for women, particularly to provide access to lesbian literature and women’s music. Ginger shares the challenges the group faced, including fundraising difficulties and the eventual opening of the bookstore. She also describes Herland’s retreats, concerts, and its role in providing a safe environment for women, especially lesbians, in the socially conservative climate of Oklahoma during the 1980s. Over time, as mainstream bookstores and the internet began offering similar resources, Herland’s retail focus diminished, but its lending library remained a valuable community asset.
- interviewee
- Ginger McGovern
- Date
- 2016
- Language
- English
- uri
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXj4Hivivk&list=PLfobseV2uSi-XjCPXH3TsWYmJEnmvY1N6&index=7
- Item sets
- Herland Oral History Project
- Site pages
- Oral History Interviews
