Oral Histories
Interview of Cora Brother
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Doctoral candidate at an R1 research university and lead editor for a journal. Self-advocate relating to MCS, leading to institutional changes and awareness of MCS. Also former graduate student worker instrumental in building fragrance-free policy and awareness.
- Series:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness
- Topic:
- Social MovementsEnvironmental Illness
- Biographical Note:
- Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Doctoral candidate at an R1 research university and lead editor for a journal. Self-advocate relating to MCS, leading to institutional changes and awareness of MCS. Also former graduate student worker instrumental in building fragrance-free policy and awareness.
- Interviewee:
- Brother, Cora
- Persons Present:
- Brother and Bloom
- Place Conducted:
- Center for the Study of Women, University of California, Los Angeles
- Supporting Documents:
- Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library’s Center for Oral History Research.
- Interviewer Background and Preparation:
- The interview was conducted by Molly Bloom, MA, Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA Center for the Study of Women. Bloom’s dissertation focuses on community among people with disabilities.
- Processing of Interview:
- The interviewer prepared for the interview by reading literature on MCS, such as Juliene Lipson’s peer reviewed article, “Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Stigma and Social Experiences,” as well as a pre-interview questionnaire completed by the narrator
- Length:
- 1 hr
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
- Series Statement:
- Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness is a collection of interviews with over seventy individuals living in the U.S. and Canada whose family history, occupation, art practice, or activism have brought them into direct contact with illness experience and disability related to chronic, low-dose exposure to toxicant chemicals. The procurement of this collection (from March 2019 through September 2020) was sponsored by the UCLA Center for the Study of Women under the directorship of Rachel C. Lee, with interviews conducted by six undergraduates, five graduate students, two career staff, and two faculty members at CSW.
- Note:
- Audio was not transferred to Center for Oral History Research.