Project History

The Psychology's Feminist Voices Oral History Project was initiated in 2004 by Alexandra Rutherford to document and preserve the narratives of self-identified feminist psychologists. The Oral History Project was given major early support through the Presidential Initiative of Cynthia de las Fuentes while she was President of the Society for the Psychology of Women in 2005-2006. Through the support of her Presidential Initiative, a digital video camera and other important supplies were purchased for the project. As the project grew, grants from CODAPAR (Committee on Divisional/APA Relations) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Research Grants program to the Project Directors, Alexandra Rutherford and Wade Pickren, were used to expand the oral history project and an on-line archive of the interviews was envisioned. The Oral History Project was re-named the Psychology's Feminist Voices Oral History and On-line Archive Project, and the current website was officially launched in August, 2010. Along the way, we produced a documentary which is also available at the site - The Changing Face of Feminist Psychology. To read more about Project Members and their roles, see About Us.