Interviewer
Kathryn P. "Kathy" White
Files
Description
Anna Beckwith recounts the history of how her family migrated to Montana in 1886 and her family’s involvement with the Missoula Mercantile. She reminisces about her father managing a general store in St. Ignatius, on the Flathead Indian Reservation, which at the time was not open to white settlement. She describes the influx of white settlers when the area was opened, her relationship with the native children in school, and the joys and challenges of growing up in a rural community. She talks about her family dynamics, focusing on the roles that her mother and father played in raising her and maintaining their household. Beckwith mentions contracting both polio and smallpox as a child and her mother’s opposition to the women’s suffrage movement. She describes attending the University of Montana in Missoula, her limited knowledge about sex and abortion, and her decision not to marry.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Women’s education, Montana; Women’s sex education; St. Ignatius, Montana; Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, Montana; General stores, Montana; Missoula, Montana; University of Montana, Missoula
Original Date
4-8-1977
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 049-052
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (24 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:03:53 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_052.mp3; OH_049_052.pdf
Citation
Beckwith, Anna T., "Anna T. Beckwith Interview, April 8, 1977" (1977). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 53.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/53