Roberta Spalter Roth and Roger Lesser - Interview 11-15-2016 - Final
Channel: Washington, D.C. Lessons of the Sixties
Date: 2019-09-23

Roberta Spalter-Roth and Roger Lesser were activists in the 70’s in Washington , DC.  Roberta, a sociologist, is a Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Social Science Research.  Roger, a social worker, worked at the Institute for Policy Studies and spent most of his working life in the child welfare field.  He now is retired.  In this interview Roberta and Roger offer their shared memories of their experiences in the anti-war movement.  Roberta was also active in the women’s movement, and particularly involved with the local women’s movement newspaper, Off Our Backs.