INTERVIEWS AND NARRATIVES

GUY ROCHA
Guy Rocha was appointed to the Nevada State Archives in 1981, after working with the Nevada Historical Society in Reno since 1976. Guy divulges that he was raised in a culture of women and during graduate school at San Diego State, took classes in women's studies and feminism, because he was interested in "any group I considered oppressed".

Jean Ford was a State Senator at the time Guy became the State Archivist in February 1981, and the two worked together on administrative/legislative items. Guy uses "persistent, zealous, and leader" when describing Jean Ford. When Jean became the director of the Women's Studies Program at UNR, she turned to Guy for assistance.

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Guy states that Ford was the first person who recognized the need for collections about and by women in Nevada, both contemporary and historical. (Reno, Nevada; August 15, 2001)

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Jean Ford's involvement with UNR resulted in women's history taking a quantum leap forward, especially in creating resources. Ford creating the Nevada women archives. (Reno, Nevada; August 15, 2001)

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