The contributions made by Anne Mareck [913]] are one example of the reason many of the experimental women's communities common during the second wave of feminism developed.

Anne lived in and around the Fairbanks, Alaska First Avenue Collective and contributed to the development of the Chatanika River Women's Colony, "The River", from 1974 until 1980.

She made two primary contributions to the colony. First, after founder Donna Brown recovered from her fall from the cabin and resulting broken back and long recovery in Fairbanks, Anne accompanied DB on the hike back to the river and spent the winter maintaining the cabin. Keeping the cabin warm during the long interior Alaska winter meant most days were spent locating firewood, usually standing dead black spruce, and preparing it for use. Water was obtained by melting snow.

Her second contribution was a summer spent packing trash from the Chatanika cabin across the river and up the tundra trail to Murphy Dome where vehicles were parked, and disposing of the trash at the Fairbanks landfill. Many of the women who visited the colony made similar contributions to the ecological harmony of the colony.

Typical of the women living around the collective and the colony, between 1974 and 1980 Anne also worked on the construction of the TransAlaska Pipeline [914] and served as an advocate for Women in Crisis: Counseling and Assistance — a Fairbanks domestic violence shelter. The shelter today is known as the Interior Alaska Center for Non-Violent Living.

-- 14:55, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)