Interview with Elizabeth Roach, April 20, 2021

Project: Bourbon in Kentucky: Women in Bourbon Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Elizabeth Roach discusses growing up in Woodford County, Kentucky. She talks about going to college at Furman University and Columbia University. She talks about writing, politics, working for the Beshear administration, The Bourbon Review, The Recovering Politician, and The Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons. She discusses her role as a woman and feminist in her work industries, and how this ties into her work/life balance. Liz shares her favorite ways to drink bourbon and bourbon preferences, and what she hopes to see in the future of the industry.

Interview Accession

2021oh0268_bikw0010

Interviewee Name

Elizabeth Roach

Interviewer Name

Madison Rose Cissell

Interview Date

2021-04-20

Interview Keyword

The Bourbon Review (Magazine) The Recovering Politician (Website) Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons Executive directors Feminism Steve Beshear Andy Beshear Woodford County (Ky.) Versailles (Ky.) Midway (Ky.) Pleasant Hill Farm Furman University Woodford County High School Columbia University New York City (N.Y.) Lexington (Ky.) Louisville (Ky.) Bourbon whiskey Four Roses bourbon whiskey

Interview LC Subject

Kentucky--Politics and government Periodicals Alcoholic beverages Whiskey industry Whiskey Women in the whiskey industry Alcohol industry Whiskey industry--Kentucky Authors Advice columnists Politicians--Kentucky

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