The Loretta Ross Papers are an example of the kind of collections available in the Sophia Smith Collection, documenting women's lives and activism.  Voices of Feminism Oral History Project  In her oral history interview, Loretta Ross details her childhood and early education, family life and sexual assault. She traces and analyzes her political evolution from black nationalism in the 1970s to liberal feminism in the 1980s, and from human rights advocacy in the 1990s to reproductive justice organizing in the present. Her account sheds light on the interplay of national and international events in women of color organizing in the U.S. Read the full transcript of Loretta Ross' oral history (Transcript 364 pp.)