Interviewer
Bob Brown
Files
Description
Sidney Armstrong discusses her early life in Helena and her family which is of Irish descent. Sidney talks about attending the International School of Geneva during high school and her attendance at the University of Montana in Missoula. She explains her close relationship with former Governor Tom Judge and his first wife, Carol including her first job working part-time for Carol Judge as a social secretary; working on Tom Judge’s campaigns for the Legislature, lieutenant governor, and governor; and how Tom Judge hires Sidney to work full-time after her divorce. Sidney explains how her job for Tom Judge included working on appointments to boards, commissions, and advisory councils. Judge’s third gubernatorial election and loss to his then-lieutenant governor, Ted Schwinden, is discussed by Sidney. And finally Sidney talks about how after being fired by Governor Judge’s successor, Governor Schwinden, she was hired by Jim Murry with the Montana AFL-CIO.
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Document Type
Oral History
Original Date
5-21-2021
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Bob Brown Oral History Project OH-396, Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 396-084
Media Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:34:46 minutes
Local Filename
OH_396_084.mp3; OH_396_084.pdf
Citation
Armstrong, Sidney, "Sidney Armstrong Interview, May 21, 2021" (2021). Bob Brown Oral History Project. OH 396-084.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/brown/84