Transcript of oral history interview by Agnes Higgins

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Context

Agnes Higgins is a professor in mental health nursing within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin and has previously trained and worked as a mental health nurse, general nurse and nurse tutor. Agnes Higgins is the co-author of reports by the Gay and Lesbian Quality Network [GLEN] titled Visible Lives (2011), a national study of the mental health and well-being of Ireland’s LGBTQ community and LGBTIreland (2016), a report that identifies the experiences and needs of senior citizens of Ireland’s LGBTQ community.

Description:

Twenty-nine-page long transcript of the oral history interview given by Agnes Higgins conducted by the Digital Repository of Ireland as part of The Atlantic Philanthropies archive project (2017-2020) titled Amplifying change: A history of the Atlantic Philanthropies on the island of Ireland in 2018.

Type:

text and transcripts

Creator:

Digital Repository of Ireland, 2015 -

Subject:

Curated collection--Oral histories, Curated collection--Human rights, Curated collection--LGBTQ people, Curated collection--Agnes Higgins, Atlantic Philanthropies (Organization), GLEN (Organisation), Grant 14202, Grant 17405, Grant 17426, Gay and lesbian rights movement, and Non-governmental organizations

Grant:

Grant 14202, Grant 17405, and Grant 17426

Grantee:

GLEN (Organisation)

Year of Grant:

2005 and 2010

Location of Grantee:

Dublin

Rights:

Copyright is with DRI and Agnes Higgins. Please see license for reuse.

Attribution:

Digital Repository of Ireland and The Atlantic Philanthropies

Doi:

https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.fj23kq038