Laura Peterson and Gwendolyn O'Looney
Recorded
January 6, 2024
Archived
January 6, 2024
42:00 minutes
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Id:
atl004888
Description
Gwendolyn Ingram O'Looney (76) tells her Delta Gamma sorority sister Laura Peterson (52) about her life and career.Subject Log / Time Code
Gwendolyn Ingram O'Looney (GIO) talks about being born in Meridian, Mississippi, and growing up in Ohio and St. Simon's Island, Georgia.
GIO talks about starting college at Furman University and transferring to the University of Georgia to study psychology.
GIO talks about her involvement in the Delta Gamma sorority.
GIO talks about working the Red Cross in Vietnam.
GIO talks about how the news they received in Vietnam was filtered, and not hearing about Kent State.
GIO talks about coming home from Vietnam and how the Watergate scandal motivated her to participate in politics.
GIO talks about her time with the Carter administration.
GIO talks about her role in the Georgia state government programs for disabilities and mental health.
GIO talks about being the mayor of Athens, Georgia.
GIO talks about her time with the Department of Family and Child Services.
GIO talks about foster parent recruitment and putting together a PSA with Willie Nelson.
GIO talks about getting fired.
GI0 talks about her work with disability programs at the University of Georgia.
GIO on her radio program, Lunch with Gwen.
GIO shares the advice she has for young women.
GIO remembers an encounter with the Viet Cong.
Participants
- Laura Peterson
- Gwendolyn O'Looney