Oral history interview with Diane and Charlie Gottlieb

Oral history interview with Diane and Charlie Gottlieb

Diane and Charlie Gottlieb discuss growing up in Queens and Brooklyn, and how their high school and summer camp experiences contributed to their leftist politics. They also speak of their college years, Diane in Wisconsin and Charlie in Ohio, and the impact of the Vietnam War and the peace movement. Charlie mentions the impact of the Kent State National Guard shootings. They then speak of their decision after their marriage and the birth of their child, Sasha, to move to Vermont, renting a farm in Lincoln, and setting about creating a new way of living, particularly by raising their daughter in a feminist way, and eventually settling in an urban collective in Burlington, Vermont. The bulk of the interview consists of a discussion of the mental health field in Vermont in the 1970s and the formation of Networks, Inc., a multi-disciplinary mental health agency. Diane also mentions a women's conference on Mount Philo in 1972, while Charlie speaks of men's conscious-raising gatherings, two of which were attended by Bernie Sanders.

17 August 2015

AudioFile1970s-4

MP3

Audio File

Permission to publish material from the Vermont 1970s Counterculture Project must be obtained from the Vermont Historical Society.

Blofson, Kate

Gottlieb, Diane

Gottlieb, Charles

North Ferrisburgh (Vt.)

2 hr., 32 min., 52 sec.

Vermont Historical Society Library, 60 Washington Street, Barre, VT 05641-4209