WIT's History is Women's History

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To celebrate both Women’s History Month and our 50th anniversary year, we are compiling a comprehensive oral history project. The very first person we interviewed was our Program Director Irene Lindsay Brantley, a leader in WIT’s past and WIT’s present. We’ve chosen a few clips from the interview to share with you.


Hear Irene discuss what it has been like to be a Black woman in leadership at WIT over the past 25 years:


Listen to Irene give us a glimpse of what the office was like before widespread internet use:


We are thrilled to be sharing these clips from our first interview and look forward to sharing more as our oral history archive grows.

Are YOU a part of WIT history? Would you like to be interviewed? Or, want to help us conduct interviews? Fill out the interest form here: https://www.helpwomen.org/oral-history