Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
Emma Allen gives an autobiographical sketch of her life, beginning with her family’s move to Oregon from West Virginia in 1905. She discusses her early life in Estacada, Oregon, including starting school at eight years old and being given a teaching position in Springwater immediately after graduating from high school. Allen describes getting married for the first time, despite her lack of interest, and having to give up teaching to make the courtship work. She describes hardships endured during the Great Depression, such as having to make her family’s soap and clothing and almost losing her third child due to poor hospital care. Allen concludes by discussing the failures of her second marriage, her voting experience, and her concerns about the Kennedy administration due to President John F. Kennedy’s Catholic background.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Estacada, Oregon; Portland, Oregon; Great Depression; Women’s suffrage; Kennedy Administration; Catholicism
Original Date
5-26-1980
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Oregon
Language
eng
Original Collection
Montana Women's Oral History Project, OH 049, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
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 049-001
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (34 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:21:34 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_001.mp3; OH_049_001.pdf
Citation
Allen, Emma, "Emma Allen Interview, May 26, 1980" (1980). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 1.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/1