Frain discusses growing up in an Irish Catholic family in St. Louis; St. Louis University and Washington University; work in Springfield, Illinois for the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence; rape and violence against women; the Equal Rights Amendment; peace activities; and living in Nicaragua: culture, religion, and government.

3 tapes, 200 mins. Interview by Peggy Boyer, 1986 OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file