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Collected Item: “Jessica Fisher Oral History, 2020/10/03”

Title

Jessica Fisher Oral History, October 3, 2020

Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.

Angelica S Ramos

Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.

Jessica Fisher

Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.

asramos2@asu.edu

If this oral history is related to research conducted in association with an institution (e.g. a museum, university, library), please include the name of the institution. If you are a faculty member or student conducting research, please provide the name of your school.

Arizona State University

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

pregnant, teacher, classroom, student, school, panic, family, newborn, new mom, motherhood, birth, hospital, support

What is the format of your recording?

Audio

In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.

27577

Describe the oral history.

Graduate student at ASU, Angelica S Ramos interviews mother of a new born baby. In this interview she discussed the struggles with prenatal care and her experience with birth during COVID. Fisher also discusses family support as a new mother amidst the pandemic and how her interactions with her family has changed. She mentions her worries with being high risk for contraction and how she copes with her worries. She also talks about her work as a teacher and how much that environment has changed for her and her students. In this interview, Fisher also talks about her close relationship with her grandmother who lived in assisted living and how their relationship has been forced to change. Lastly, she talks about her hopes for the future.

On what date did you record this oral history?

2020-10-03
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