Interview with Shanna Brodbeck

Interview with Shanna Brodbeck

Social justice

Women's rights

Women's March on Washington

An oral history with Shanna Brodbeck, an alumnus and employee of Auburn University, concerning her participation in the satellite Women's March on Washington that occurred on January 21, 2017, in Birmingham, Alabama. In this interview, Shanna Brodbeck begins by describing her childhood in Germany, Texas, and Alabama as a military dependent. Brodbeck discusses her views on the changing nature of American politics, with an intriguing narrative of her residence in Germany at the start of the Iraq War and the “weight of having to defend [the] entire country.” She also details the myriad emotions she felt after the election and her motivations for participating in the 2017 Women’s March in Birmingham, AL.

Shanna Brodbeck

Special Collections and Archives

Auburn University Libraries

February 10, 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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01:36:24

Heather M. Haley

Shanna Brodbeck

Brodbeck Residence (Auburn, AL)

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:38 - Shanna's childhood
00:04:39 - Shanna's education in Alabama
00:12:47 - Growing up in a military family
00:17:08 - Attending Auburn University
00:20:40 - Shanna's political and ideological leanings
00:31:23 - Living in Germany, including witnessing a Nazi rally
00:40:50 - Graduate School in Baltimore, MD
00:46:45 - Working for Auburn University as an academic coach
00:50:17 - Election Day, November 8, 2016
01:05:02 - Women's March (in Birmingham, AL)
01:19:20 - Why Shanna marched
01:27:59 - Shanna' post-march activism
01:29:23 - League of Women Voters
01:34:36 - Shanna's final thoughts