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 Pittsburgh
has a long history of producing entrepreneurs,
philanthropists, artists, and musicians. What
is less well known is that the region was also
the birthplace of some influential leaders of
the women's movement and was home to several pioneering
feminist organizations during the latter part
of the 1900s. In
Sisterhood: The Women's Movement in Pittsburgh
is an oral history and multimedia project designed
to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation
of this inspiring aspect of the region's history
and to highlight how progress was achieved through
the hard work and determination of a diverse group
of local grassroots activists. A related project,
called Bridge Builders,
explores the synergistic nexus between the civil
rights and women's movements in Pittsburgh during
the 1960s and 1970s.
 Our
collection of oral histories, recorded on digital
video to capture participants’ expressions
as well as their gestures, will be donated to
the University of Pittsburgh Library Archive where
they will be available to scholars as well as
the general public interested in regional and
national history, when the project is completed.
Our multimedia exhibits, suitable for installations
in galleries, museums, universities and public
spaces, feature a portrait gallery of the diverse
group of local activists, videos about successful
efforts to break down barriers to equality, period
photos and ephemera.
 Patricia
Ulbrich, Ph.D. is director and producer. She is
a progressive social scientist, film student and
visiting scholar in women studies at the University
of Pittsburgh. For more than three decades, Dr.
Ulbrich’s research has focused women’s
issues, including how individuals’ race,
class and gender shape their life chances. She
co-founded the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwest
Pennsylvania and serves on the board of Pittsburgh
Action Against Rape. Other team members include:
Dino DiStefano, sound recordist and documentary
photographer; Mia Boccella Hartle, videographer
and editor; Two Girls Working, multimedia artists;
and Jenny Wolsk Bain, webmaster.
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