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Miller talks about early feminist influences (1:48)

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Panke Bradley Miller was born in 1940 on Parris Island, South Carolina, and grew up in Macon, Georgia. Through the support and advice of her parents, she attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in order to be exposed to a more liberal education and lifestyle. At Antioch, she majored in psychology while also studying languages abroad. She eventually went to the University of Chicago where she majored in community organizing. Miller's youthful liberalism coupled with her experience as a community organizer led her led her back to Atlanta where she became involved in the women's movement in Georgia. She was appointed to the Atlanta City Council and served as vice-chair of Common Cause in Georgia.Miller discusses her childhood as a member of a traditional, but intellectually liberal family in conservative Macon, Georgia and says that she feels very fortunate to have been encouraged to attend Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio. She talks extensively about her experiences at Antioch, and particular, her growing involvement with the Civil Rights Movement and her feelings about her home -- the South, viewed from a liberal college in the North. She goes on to talk about her graduate studies in social work and community organization at the University of Chicago. She believes that this education gave her the tools necessary to eventually earn a position on the Atlanta City Council. Miller talks about the importance of family-friendly policies, and cites a job-sharing scheme that she implemented, and that is still successfully working today....
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Durand, Joyce Jenkins, 1939
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