Oral history interview with Ann Lipsitt

Oral history interview with Ann Lipsitt

Ann Lipsitt speaks of growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, attending an integrated school, and leaving to attend Goddard College. She also speaks of meeting Will Miller (1940-2005), a professor of philosophy at the University of Vermont, at a rally and becoming involved with the Burlington Peace Coalition in 1980. As well, she speaks of the development of her relationship with Will Miller, leading to their partnership in June, 1981. She describes their community in Westford, Vermont, which was originally loosely organized as a collective. but devolved into a close-knit neighborhood by 1980. She goes on to speak of Will Miller and the Philosophy Department purge at the University of Vermont in the 1970s, and her involvement in special education in Vermont in the late 1970s.

13 January 2016

AudioFile1970s-8

MP3

Audio File

Westford (Vt.)

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

Blofson, Kate

Lipsitt, Ann, 1957-

Essex Junction (Vt.)

1 hr., 12 min., 12 sec.

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