Interview with Victoria Skelton

Interview with Victoria Skelton

Social justice

Women's rights

Women's March on Washington

Washington, D.C.

An oral history with Victoria Skelton, a graduate student of Auburn University, concerning her participation in the Women's March on Washington that occurred on January 21, 2017, in Washington, D.C. Her oral history provides substantial detail about the day of the march, including the energy exuded by the crowd, which the Washington Post estimated swelled between 266,532 and 357,071 marchers. She also describes growing up in a predominantly Democrat household in Central Texas.

Victoria Skelton

Special Collections and Archives

Auburn University Libraries

February 11, 2017

Heather M. Haley, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Auburn University, in cooperation with the University Archives and Special Collections

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02:00:38

Heather M. Haley

Victoria Skelton

Bond Library, Thach Hall, Auburn University (Auburn, AL)

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:01:20 - Public school education in Dallas, TX
00:17:55 - Texas A&M and extracurriculars
00:26:04 - Victoria's political and ideological leanings
00:34:42 - Graduate school in Auburn, AL
00:54:43 - Election Day, November 8, 2016
01:12:55 - Donald Trump's inauguration and Victoria's travel to Washington, D.C.
01:32:33 - Women's March (in Washington, D.C.)
01:50:32 - Return to Alabama
01:54:08 - Maintaining the momentum
01:58:38 - Victoria's final thoughts