Oral Histories

Interview of Susan Molloy

Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Disability policy activist in California and Arizona. Connected with the Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).
Series:
Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness
Topic:
Social Movements
Environmental Illness
Biographical Note:
Interviewed for the UCLA Center for the Study of Women’s Chemical Entanglements: Oral Histories of Environmental Illness series. Lives with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). Disability policy activist in California and Arizona. Connected with the Arizona Statewide Independent Living Council (SILC) and the National Council on Independent Living (NCIL).
Interviewer:
Bloom, Molly
Interviewee:
Molloy, Susan
Persons Present:
Molloy and Bloom
Place Conducted:
The interview was conducted by telephone.
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 Juliene Lipson’s “Multiple Chemical Sensitivities: Stigma and Social Experiences,” Susan Molloy’s biography written for Arizona HEAL Newsletter, as well as a pre-interview questionnaire completed by the narrator.The UCLA Center for the Study of Women did not transmit the audio recording of this interview to the Center for Oral History Research.
Length:
3.25 hrs
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.