The Virginia Feminist Oral History Project consists of oral history interviews that Dr. Megan Taylor Shockley conducted with women involved in second-wave feminism and related activism in Virginia during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Topics discussed in the oral histories include the interviewees' early lives and education; their experiences as feminists and activists; their work with various local, state, and national organizations; and their perspectives on feminism and the future of the movement. These oral histories document how the women interviewed understood their own progressive actions, how they formed their individual feminist perspectives on the world, how they related to other feminist women, and how they assess their work in light of the contemporary political landscape.

The collection materials include audio recordings and transcripts of the interviews. The interviewees include women active in a number of organizations, including the Virginia Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Richmond Lesbian Feminists, Lesbian Women of Color, League of Women Voters, National Organization for Women, Virginia Women's Political Caucus, and similar organizations, as well as professionals who work or have worked in anti-violence and pro-choice movements. The geographic span of the collection ranges from far western Iron Gate in Alleghany county to Virginia Beach, and from Northern Virginia to Draper in the Southwestern part of the state.