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OH 1063

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeSURRATT, Jessie Marie (b. 1915)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1063
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionHer 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 Description80 pp.
Terms of UseOpen