Interviewee | SURRATT, Jessie Marie (b. 1915) |
Interview ID # | OH 1063 |
Date(s) of interview | |
Description | Her recollections concerning women’s lives in Texarkana, Texas, during the Progressive Era. Childhood descriptions of business community; “Swampoodle” and speakeasies and prostitution; folk medicines; funeral practices; education; stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home; memories of parents; church activities; mother’s membership in Maccabees; gender roles; child rearing; holiday customs. |
Interviewer(s) | Beverly Rowe |
Physical Description | 80 pp. |
Terms of Use | Open |