Interviewer
Mary Melcher
Files
Description
Rita Thibodeau Lavoie discusses her childhood in Milltown, including her relationship with her family and her schooling, as well as entertainment when she was growing up. She talks about the segregation between the French, Finnish, and Swedish communities, her relationship to the Catholic Church, and her marriage and children. Lavoie also discusses working a licensed practical nurse and her opinions on the evolution of women’s rights and working as in Idaho. She talks about assisting with child birth.
When this interview was conducted, the interviewee requested to remain anonymous in the transcript and audio. Archives and Special Collections has chosen to lift this restriction now that the interviewee is deceased.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Milltown, Montana; Ethnic groups, Milltown, Montana; Segregation; Catholic Church; Nursing, Montana; Midwifery; Women in Montana
Original Date
7-30-1981
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 049-056a, b
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (02:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (41 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:48:11 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_056_a_b.mp3; OH_049_056_a_b.pdf
Citation
Lavoie, Rita Thibodeau, "Rita Thibodeau Lavoie Interview, July 30, 1981" (1981). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 56.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/56