Abstract: Most papers history students are asked to write are based on paper-based primary sources.However, using paper-based primary sources creates limitations, especially when it comes to the history of Black women. This paper will argue that by using oral history techniques, historians are able to give a voice to Black women.

Abstract: The overwhelming biblical influence that drove the original doctrine and ideals of Rastafarianism left women occupying an inferior position in Rastafarian society. In time, however, the commercialization of the Rastafarian religion and the attractions of feminist thought from 1966 to 1981 birthed a transformed Rasta feminist woman. This research will show that Rasta women, 1966-1981, possessed a sense of agency both privately and publicly, independent of male approval.