Interview with Ardena Wheeler, Mary Ann James, June 1, 1987

Project: Women and Collective Protest Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Wheeler and James were key figures in the Pikeville Methodist Hospital strike. Despite facing adversity on the picket line, the duo fought against injustice within the Methodist Hospital. The two women go into vivid detail about their lives in Pikeville during the Methodist Hospital strike. Ultimately, the Methodist Hospital strike made a lasting impact on James and Wheeler.

Interview Accession

1988oh002_ws098

Interviewee Name

Ardena Wheeler

Mary Ann James

Interviewer Name

Sally Ward Maggard

Interview Date

1987-06-01

Interview Keyword

Communities Pikeville (Ky.) Pikeville Methodist Hospital strike Strikes and lockouts Children Pikeville Methodist Hospital Communications Workers of America (CWA) Medicine, Rural Rural health services Medical care--Appalachian Region Medical care--Kentucky

Interview LC Subject

Women in the labor movement Collective labor agreements Labor unions Picketing. Political activists. Protest and social movements Protest movements. Strikes and lockouts--Kentucky United Mine Workers of America Women political activists Salaries Appalachian Region--Social life and customs Appalachian Region--Social conditions Appalachian Region--Economic conditions Unionization

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Wheeler, Ardena Interview by Sally Ward Maggard. 01 Jun. 1987. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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