Interviewer
Kathryn P. "Kathy" White
Files
Description
Susie Huston describes growing up in Missouri on a ranch with her large family, attending church there, doing chores, and celebrating holidays with her parents and siblings. She mentions moving to Kansas and then California, where she married in 1914 before settling in Montana to homestead. She describes going to school to become a teacher and continuing to teach even after she married. Huston shares her views on marriage and families and describes her relationship with her husband. She reflects briefly on topics such as women’s suffrage, birth control, and women in the workplace before concluding with advice for younger women.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Homesteading, Montana; Ranching, Missouri; Normal School; Women’s suffrage; Birth control; School teachers, Women
Original Date
8-1976
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 049-026
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (23 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:59:30 minutes
Local Filename
OH_049_026.mp3; OH_049_026.pdf
Citation
Huston, Susie, "Susie Huston Interview, August 1976" (1976). Montana Women's Oral History Project. 9.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mtwomen_oralhistory/9