Interview with Margaret Cox
- Title
- Interview with Margaret Cox
- Description
- This interview features Margaret Cox, a long-time activist, discussing her involvement with Herland. She first joined in 1983. Margaret reflects on the origins of the group, which evolved from a women’s reading group called LaSalle de Femme, and later became a women’s bookstore and community space. She describes how the space served as a resource for women, offering services like counseling, consciousness-raising sessions, and retreats. These retreats, in particular, were significant for creating safe spaces where women could relax and heal, away from men, and were held in remote locations. Margaret also emphasizes the group's non-hierarchical structure, where roles rotated among members, and talks about the group's approach to managing relationships, sexuality, and monogamy, particularly during the AIDS crisis. She provides insights into the inclusive and supportive atmosphere that defined Herland, where women could explore their identities and build community.
- interviewee
- Margaret Cox
- Date
- 2016
- Language
- English
- uri
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVqnZ-KrIUI&list=PLfobseV2uSi-XjCPXH3TsWYmJEnmvY1N6&index=10
- Item sets
- Herland Oral History Project
- Site pages
- Oral History Interviews
