PARSONS, Sara-Jayne (b. 1969) | Oral History

PARSONS, Sara-Jayne (b. 1969)

Profession: Graduate Student

Oral Histories

Graduate student. Her experiences in working with women's issues at the University of North Texas, 1993-97. Early education on the Isle of Man and in England; family background; searching for career choices; college years at Oxford Polytechnic College; student activism at Oxford Polytechnic; origins of her interest in women's issues; scholarship to attend the University of Idaho, 1990-91; experiences in the Visual Arts Program at the University of North Texas, 1995-97; introduction to women's studies classes; her interest in women in art; her activities with the Women's Roundtable and Celebrating Women; her organizing an exhibition of women artists for Women's History Month; her master's thesis about British sculptor Rachel Whiteread; her interest in the social, political and economic implications of art.
Date of Interview: December 17, 1997

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