Interviewer
Susan Ellen Green
Files
Description
Diane Pryce talks about being the first woman smokejumper in California in 1983 and describes her two seasons there. She discusses the discrimination she faced, including her first unsuccessful attempt at being a smokejumper in Missoula, Montana, in 1982. Pryce talks about the attitudes of male smokejumpers toward women jumpers and offers advice to other women considering a career in smokejumping.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
Smokejumpers California Biography; Smokejumping California History; Smokejumpers Training of; Women Employment United States
Original Date
10-1984
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Collection, OH 133, 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 133-088
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
1 sound cassette (01:30:00 min.): analog + 1 transcript (22 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:17:03 minutes
Local Filename
OH_133_088.mp3; OH_133_088.pdf
Citation
OH 133-088Pryce, Diane, "Diane Pryce Interview, October 1984" (1984). Smokejumpers 1984 Reunion Oral History Project. OH 133-088.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/smokejumpers/112