Women in Politics oral history interviews
Scope and Contents
In 1978 and 1979 historian Barbara Sommer interviewed fifteen women form the Duluth, Minnesota area who were involved in politics as elected officials or activists. In the interviews the women discussed their reasons for entering politics, their involvements past and present, and their own and their families' reactions to their involvement in politics.
The collection consists of audio recordings of the interviews, typed indexes to the topics covered in the recordings, copies of the question formats for elected officials and activists, and transcripts of the interviews. The recordings have been digitized. Please see individual entries for each interview; titles include participants' names and the name of the project.
Participants and Interview Dates:
Lurline Baker, January 12, 1979 (S2291-1)
Maureen “Meg” Bye, October 24, 1978, January 10, 1979 (S2291-2)
Donna Churchill, November 1, 1978 (S2291-3)
Diedre Dodge, October 24, 1978, January 29, 1979 (S2291-4)
Mary Evans, October 6, 1978 (S2291-5)
Judith Lambert Fisher, October 31, 1978 (S2291-6)
Violet “Vi” Griffiths, October 9, 1978 (S2291-7)
Lois Kundel, January 29, 1979 (S2291-8)
Arlene Lehto, October 24, 1978, December 1, 1978 (S2291-9)
Julia Marshall, October 13, 1978 (S2291-10)
Maney Pearson, October 2, 1978 (S2291-11)
Mary Ryland, October 23, 1978 (S2291-12)
Mary Van Evera, January 24, 1979 (S2291-13)
Katherine Watters, January 17, 1979 (S2291-14)
Ingrid Wells, October 18, 1978 (S2291-15)
Women in Government Seminar, speakers Meg Bye, Diedre Dodge, Arlene Lehto,10/24/1978 (S2291-16)
Dates
- 1978-1979
Creator
- Women in Politics Oral History Project (Duluth, Minn.) (Organization)
- Baker-Kent, , Lurline J, 1938- (Person)
- Bye, Meg, 1963 February 6-2012 May 30 (Person)
- Churchill, Donna, 1940- (Person)
- Dodge, Deidre, 1945- (Person)
- Evans, Mary (Person)
- Fisher, Judith Lambert, 1944- (Person)
- Griffiths, Vi, 1921 April 7-2006 June 13 (Person)
- Kundel, Lois, 1937- (Person)
- Lehto, Arlene, 1939 September 14- (Person)
- Marshall, Julia N, 1896 February 05-1994 December 01 (Person)
- Pearson, Maney E., 1894 August 20-1988 March 25 (Person)
- Ryland, Mary, 1926-2010 (Person)
- Sommer, Barbara (Person)
- Van Evera, Mary C., 1921- (Person)
- Watters, Katherine, 1928 September 14-2004 December 26 (Person)
- Wells, Ingrid, 1912 August 26-2012 January (Family)
- Women in Government Seminar (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
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Biographical / Historical
In 1978 and 1979 historian Barbara Sommer interviewed fifteen women form the Duluth, Minnesota area who were involved in politics as elected officials or activists. In the interviews the women discussed their reasons for entering politics, their involvements past and present, and their own and their families' reactions to their involvement in politics.
Extent
36.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
In 1978 and 1979 historian Barbara Sommer interviewed fifteen women form the Duluth, Minnesota area who were involved in politics as elected officials or activists. In the interviews the women discussed their reasons for entering politics, their involvements past and present, and their own and their families' reactions to their involvement in politics. The collection consists of audio recordings of the interviews, typed indexes to the topics covered in the recordings, copies of the question formats for elected officials and activists, and transcripts of the interviews.
Physical Location
This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.
General
This collection is part of the Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections, which are housed in the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives at the Kathryn A. Martin Library.
- Associations, institutions, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Audio Recordings Subject Source: Local sources
- Audiocassettes Subject Source: Local sources
- Audiotapes Subject Source: Local sources
- Duluth (Minn.)--Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Duluth Public Schools (Duluth, Minn.). Board of Education
- Electoral politics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor unions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Labor, Organized Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Minnesota. Legislature. House of Representatives
- National Organization for Women
- Oral history Subject Source: Local sources
- Oral history interviews Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political activists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Political parties Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics Subject Source: Local sources
- St. Louis County (Minn.) Board of Commissioners
- West End (Duluth, Minn.) Subject Source: Local sources
- Women Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women in politics Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women--Political activity--Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the Women in Politics oral history interviews
- Author
- Finding Aid Authors: Staff.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The University of Minnesota Duluth Archives and Special Collections Collecting Area
Kathryn A. Martin Library
University of Minnesota Duluth
416 Library Drive
Duluth MN 55812-3001
(218) 726-8526
libarchives@d.umn.edu
