Pat Davitt & Anne Roberts Interview
- CA UVICARCH AR182-2004-011-003
- Stuk
- 3 May 1994
Part of Marianne Ainley fonds
Interview with Pat Davitt and Anne Roberts about two of their late colleagues, Maggie Benston and Kathleen Gough, for Marianne Ainley’s research about women scientists in Canada. They discuss Kathleen Gough’s political activism and academic career in anthropology, including but not limited to, the organizing of an International Women’s Conference in the 1960s with the organization, Voice of Women. Also discussed were Kathleen’s chronic health issues, and her final battle with cancer.
In the second part of the interview, Davitt and Roberts are asked about Maggie Benston, particularly her time working at SFU and the difficulties she faced in the male-dominated chemistry department, and her later work towards starting a women studies program. The interviewees also talk about Maggie’s relationship with her twin sister Marian.