Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
Anne Needham discusses moving to Great Falls, Montana, with her husband for his job with the Anaconda Company. She talks about raising a family in Great Falls during the mid-20th century, her career as a school teacher when schools were just beginning to allow married women to teach. Needham details some of the small country schools in which she taught and the socio-economic challenges that many of her pupils faced, particularly those from immigrant families who spoke little or no English. She reminisces about becoming active in the American Association of University Women and helping to form a local Parent Teacher Association. She concludes by talking about moving to Anaconda, Montana, where she became involved with mental health issues as a volunteer at the nearby Warm Springs State Hospital and finally as a secretary of the State Mental Health Association.
For more information on Anne Needham, see oral history interview OH 049-058a,b.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Missoula, Montana; Immigration, Montana; Women’s education, Montana; Mining, Montana; Anaconda Company, Montana; Women teachers, Montana; American Association of University Women, Montana; Parent Teacher Association, Montana; Warm Springs State Hospital, Montana; State Mental Health Association, Montana
Original Date
8-1981
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
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 049-058c,d
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (27 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:30:42 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_058_c_d.mp3; OH_049_058_c_d.pdf
Citation
Needham, Anne, "Anne Needham Interview, circa August 1981" (1981). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 15.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/15