Nancy Goodall and Elise Vess
Recorded
October 22, 2022
Archived
October 22, 2022
48:15 minutes
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ddv002112
Description
One Small Step partners Nancy Goodall (63) and Elise Vess (31) discuss the losses they’ve experienced, consider how therapy has influenced them, and talk about their relationship to religion and spirituality. They also share their political views and their experiences as mothers.Subject Log / Time Code
Nancy (N) shares her experience of losing her twin girls and how it has impacted her life. N shares that her family recently had a ritual to acknowledge the girls. Elise (E) talks about the loss of her sisters’ twin boys and how it has impacted her family as a whole.
E talks about her own son, living in Richmond, and how she made progressive politics her work.
N talks about her decision to go to college rather than pursue a ballet career.
E and N both consider their therapists to be their biggest influences. N also shares how her father influenced her.
N asks E about her relationship to religion and spirituality. E shares that she is not into organized religion, but that her family is. E also shares that her family is conservative, which caused her some concern when she and her wife were going to get married.
E shares how she came out to her family, and how she introduced her wife to her family during a move. N and E discuss the queer community in Richmond.
E describes herself as very liberal. N says she’s a socialist, and shares a bit of her family’s history and involvement in slavery.
E talks about how her work life has changed since becoming a parent.
N talks about her work as a school social worker, and how her upbringing did not prepare her to join the workforce. N also discusses her time attending Smith College.
E talks about her experiences as a mother, and the questions she gets asked now and those she was asked when pregnant.
N talks about her children.
Participants
- Nancy Goodall
- Elise Vess