Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
Kathryn "Kay" Roberts summarizes her family’s move to a homestead near Roberts, Idaho. She discusses going to school, the work her family did on the homestead, and her town’s reaction to changing women’s styles. She also talks about attending the University of Idaho, living in a dormitory in college, and meeting her husband. Roberts describes the societal expectations that dictated how married women should act, including that married women shouldn’t work outside the home. She discusses her husband’s education and career working in theater until the beginning of the Great Depression in 1929. Roberts talks at length about her own employment history as an author, teacher and speech pathologist, particularly after World War Two.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945; Great Depression; Roberts, Idaho; University of Idaho; Women’s education; Roberts, Kathryn H., 1905-1986 – Interviews; Women -- Montana – Interviews; Women teachers -- Montana – Interviews; Women -- Idaho -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century; Women -- Montana -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century; Wives -- Effect of husband's employment on -- Social aspects -- Montana -- 20th century; Married women -- Employment -- Social aspects -- Montana -- 20th century; Married students -- Montana -- Bozeman -- 20th century – Interviews; Women college students -- Idaho -- Social conditions -- History -- 20th century; Speech therapists -- Montana -- Bozeman -- Interviews
Original Date
8-11-1981
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 049-060
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (26 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:07:21 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_060.mp3; OH_049_060.pdf
Citation
Roberts, Kathryn H., "Kathryn H. "Kay" Roberts Interview, August 11, 1981" (1981). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 17.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/17