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Rachel Dedrickson 4/15/05 Tape Summary SIDE A 0-1 Introduction. Golden explains she was born on November 10, 1928 in Chicago. Explains birth complications and presidential elections. 1-2 Foot got caught in the sterilization unit. 2-3% Grew up in Chicago. Her father worked/owned a hardware store, so she spent a lot of time there as a child. Learned a lot about hardware and technique. Talks about how she loved her dad dearly. 3%-4% Begins to talk about how she recalls the war. She remembers that she was eating dinner when Pearl Harbor was bombed, and she heard it on the radio. 4%-5% Leads in to talking about her brother, Donald. Her brother decided to secretly enroll for the military. Her mother was worried. 5%-6 Talks about how her older sister was in training to become a registered nurse. She also got a doctorate. 6-7 She went to college after graduation high school. She knew her husband then, but didn't know he would be her husband. They had gone to grammar school together. 7-7% Talks about her husbands family and her own knew each other. 7%-8 Talks about her father being a rough man. As a kid she was programmed that the best career a women could have was to be a wife and a mother. 8-9% Goes back to how she went off to college. She went to college in 1946 in the city. She went to the campus in Chicago. It was fun for her because she was young, and there were a lot of veterans returning. She has many nice dates with these veterans. 9%-11 One man she dated she had a pretty serious relationship with. The man that ended up being her husband came home one weekend from school to visit her because she was sick. The man she was in a serious relationship was sitting there visiting her as well with a large display of white roses. 11-13% Husband had hoped to go to MIT, but the Jewish quota was filled and he didn't get in, so he went to school in Kansas. He came home one weekend, and he was her date for her brother's wedding. At that time, they gave each other their high school rings. They were engaged to be engaged. After that, he went to Purdue, and so she went to work. 13%- 14 He would come to visit home when he could from school. Talks about father in law. Talks about he was a very direct man. 14-15 They got married in Chicago, and did what typical newlyweds do. 1949 15- 16 In 1952, they had their first child, Holly. Talks about how her life was never quite the same after she had a child. She says she was doing exactly what her father wished for her to do. She had become a wife and a mother. 16- 16% She never finished college. She talks about how she really regrets that she didn't. She had two years of college. She went to Purdue instead with her husband. It was weird for her to be the married couple on a college campus. 16%- 17% Husband graduates, and so they moved back to Chicago. Husband, Donald, decides that he should go in to the family business. Her mother and law liked the idea. 17%- 15 After getting tired of the job, they wanted to leave Chicago. So Donald got another job temporarily. His cousin's father had died, so they went to the funeraL At the funeral, they met a man that worked for Boeing. The man mentioned that Boeing needed engineers, so he offered Donald an application. Donald kept an open mind and traveled to Washington for an interview. He got the job, and so they had to move. 15- 16% Sold their house in Chicago. They now had four kids. This was now 1960. They landed at Sea-Tac airport. 16%- 17% It was a tough change for her because her father had recently passed away. She was devastated, and it was very difficult. She was also very close to her mother. It was difficult to leave Chicago and her mother behind. 17 %- 18% Mother had a hard time to adjusting to widowhood. She would buy tons of food and visit them. 18%- 19 Talks about Seattle weather. 19%-20 They rented a house in Seattle. Talks about the beautiful scenery. She would take kids to the park. She couldn't believe the change. 20-22 Finally ended up in Bellevue in a house that had four bedrooms. Talks about kids having to share rooms. She talks about daughters, and he relationship with them. 22-23 She goes back to say how she fulfilled her father's wishes-marriage and family. 23-28 As the kids got older, she started to volunteer. Talks about the places she worked. She also talks about some of her frustrations with the places she volunteered. 28-31 Worked with teenagers for a while. It was important to her because she got a better idea of what was going on her own kids' world. She says she has good kids. 31-36 She used to do case work. She worked for crisis intervention lines. Thought it was interesting, but scary. She talks about her conversation with a potential suicide. She learned a lot. 36-36% Husband continued to work at Boeing and improved his salary. 36%-37 Then the first child, Holly went to college at University of Washington. She also traveled to Toronto 37-42 Talks about the rest of the kids. Always expected kids to go to college. All of them went. It was expensive with three kids in college at one time. They had to find a way to pay for it all. She talks about how they did this through loans, scholarships, and mortgages. 42-45 Talks about second child, Amy becoming a travel agent after college. She talks about how Amy met her husband through this. She also talks about her moving out and getting an apartment with her friends. She also talks about Amy getting engaged. 45-47 Talks about another daughter, Julie. She wasn't comfortable with the man Julie was engaged to. 47-51 Talks about her sister. She was such an accomplished woman. She wrote books and developed a theory. 51-52 She thinks she's boring. 52-53 The day her husband died was the worst day of her life. 53-54 Her daughter, Amy, was at her side the entire time. Her husband was never alone in the hospital between her and Amy. Talks about how Amy was a very special and devoted daughter. 54-57 She talks about recovering from her husband's death. She felt like she had to change things. She didn't know how to do it though. She knew that somehow, she had to get through it herself without medication or support groups. She says that her and her husband had a very close and special relationship. It was extremely painful and tough. 57-60 She knew she needed to do something, so she went to Overlake Hospital to volunteer. It was all new and different. She took to it, though. She has learned a lot from this experience too. 60-62 She thinks it is important to respond to people. It is important to help people. She talks about a specific instance when she ran to get a wheel chair for a woman. She's met a lot of nice people through Overlake Hospital. 62-62 Yz Here she is now, all these years later. 62 Yz- 64 Good or bad, the highlights of her life were losing her parents, because she had to learn to live without them. Losing her husband was also a key point of her life-the worst day of her life. She also thinks that the highlights of her life have been feeling like she has been a successful parent, seeing her kids achieve, and seeing her grandkids be born. 64-66 Talks about how she was born during the Great Depression. She talks about how her mother had another pregnancy, but had to have a secret abortion because they could not afford another child. She also says that her older sister had a twin that did not live. Talks about how she was named after her grandmother. 66-68 Talks about the small Jewish community that existed in Seattle when she first arrived. 68-69% Chicago had a very large Jewish population. It was easy to be Jewish in Chicago. 69%-70% She says that her family was not very religious. 70%-73 She never really had issues with religious discrimination in Seattle. It was pretty liberal. In Chicago, however, she remembers hearing discriminating comments. 73-75 Talks about kids and college again. 75-75% Believes she fulfilled her father's wishes. 75%-77 Wishes that she had finished college. She tried to do other things that she could learn from- like volunteering. 77-77% Conclusion
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Title | Jacobson, Golden Oral History Interview, 2005 |
Interviewer | Dedrickson, Rachel |
Date | 2005-04-30 |
Description | 52 minute oral history with Golden Jacobson, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398 course at Washington State University). She describes her early childhood growing up in Chicago, Illinois. After high school, she attended the University of Chicago until she met her future husband. They married and raised four daughters. The family moved to Seattle, Washington when her husband received a job at Boeing. Eventually, they settled in Bellevue, Washington, where she continues to volunteer in her community. |
Subject | Economic & social conditions; Housewives; Families |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook County--Chicago; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; North and Central America--United States--Washington (State)--County--Bellevue |
Type | Sound |
Genre | Interviews |
Publisher | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
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Rights Notes | In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after 2011 publication date. |
Identifier | ua262b08f93 |
Source | Is found in Archives 262, Women in the West Oral Histories https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/ua262.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Holding Institution | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries |
Contributors | Digitization and description funded through a National Endowment for the Humanities We the People grant for Washington Womens History to the Washington Womens History Consortium, a part of the Washington State Historical Society. |
Language | English |
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Title | ua262b08f93_Abstract |
Full Text | Rachel Dedrickson 4/15/05 Tape Summary SIDE A 0-1 Introduction. Golden explains she was born on November 10, 1928 in Chicago. Explains birth complications and presidential elections. 1-2 Foot got caught in the sterilization unit. 2-3% Grew up in Chicago. Her father worked/owned a hardware store, so she spent a lot of time there as a child. Learned a lot about hardware and technique. Talks about how she loved her dad dearly. 3%-4% Begins to talk about how she recalls the war. She remembers that she was eating dinner when Pearl Harbor was bombed, and she heard it on the radio. 4%-5% Leads in to talking about her brother, Donald. Her brother decided to secretly enroll for the military. Her mother was worried. 5%-6 Talks about how her older sister was in training to become a registered nurse. She also got a doctorate. 6-7 She went to college after graduation high school. She knew her husband then, but didn't know he would be her husband. They had gone to grammar school together. 7-7% Talks about her husbands family and her own knew each other. 7%-8 Talks about her father being a rough man. As a kid she was programmed that the best career a women could have was to be a wife and a mother. 8-9% Goes back to how she went off to college. She went to college in 1946 in the city. She went to the campus in Chicago. It was fun for her because she was young, and there were a lot of veterans returning. She has many nice dates with these veterans. 9%-11 One man she dated she had a pretty serious relationship with. The man that ended up being her husband came home one weekend from school to visit her because she was sick. The man she was in a serious relationship was sitting there visiting her as well with a large display of white roses. 11-13% Husband had hoped to go to MIT, but the Jewish quota was filled and he didn't get in, so he went to school in Kansas. He came home one weekend, and he was her date for her brother's wedding. At that time, they gave each other their high school rings. They were engaged to be engaged. After that, he went to Purdue, and so she went to work. 13%- 14 He would come to visit home when he could from school. Talks about father in law. Talks about he was a very direct man. 14-15 They got married in Chicago, and did what typical newlyweds do. 1949 15- 16 In 1952, they had their first child, Holly. Talks about how her life was never quite the same after she had a child. She says she was doing exactly what her father wished for her to do. She had become a wife and a mother. 16- 16% She never finished college. She talks about how she really regrets that she didn't. She had two years of college. She went to Purdue instead with her husband. It was weird for her to be the married couple on a college campus. 16%- 17% Husband graduates, and so they moved back to Chicago. Husband, Donald, decides that he should go in to the family business. Her mother and law liked the idea. 17%- 15 After getting tired of the job, they wanted to leave Chicago. So Donald got another job temporarily. His cousin's father had died, so they went to the funeraL At the funeral, they met a man that worked for Boeing. The man mentioned that Boeing needed engineers, so he offered Donald an application. Donald kept an open mind and traveled to Washington for an interview. He got the job, and so they had to move. 15- 16% Sold their house in Chicago. They now had four kids. This was now 1960. They landed at Sea-Tac airport. 16%- 17% It was a tough change for her because her father had recently passed away. She was devastated, and it was very difficult. She was also very close to her mother. It was difficult to leave Chicago and her mother behind. 17 %- 18% Mother had a hard time to adjusting to widowhood. She would buy tons of food and visit them. 18%- 19 Talks about Seattle weather. 19%-20 They rented a house in Seattle. Talks about the beautiful scenery. She would take kids to the park. She couldn't believe the change. 20-22 Finally ended up in Bellevue in a house that had four bedrooms. Talks about kids having to share rooms. She talks about daughters, and he relationship with them. 22-23 She goes back to say how she fulfilled her father's wishes-marriage and family. 23-28 As the kids got older, she started to volunteer. Talks about the places she worked. She also talks about some of her frustrations with the places she volunteered. 28-31 Worked with teenagers for a while. It was important to her because she got a better idea of what was going on her own kids' world. She says she has good kids. 31-36 She used to do case work. She worked for crisis intervention lines. Thought it was interesting, but scary. She talks about her conversation with a potential suicide. She learned a lot. 36-36% Husband continued to work at Boeing and improved his salary. 36%-37 Then the first child, Holly went to college at University of Washington. She also traveled to Toronto 37-42 Talks about the rest of the kids. Always expected kids to go to college. All of them went. It was expensive with three kids in college at one time. They had to find a way to pay for it all. She talks about how they did this through loans, scholarships, and mortgages. 42-45 Talks about second child, Amy becoming a travel agent after college. She talks about how Amy met her husband through this. She also talks about her moving out and getting an apartment with her friends. She also talks about Amy getting engaged. 45-47 Talks about another daughter, Julie. She wasn't comfortable with the man Julie was engaged to. 47-51 Talks about her sister. She was such an accomplished woman. She wrote books and developed a theory. 51-52 She thinks she's boring. 52-53 The day her husband died was the worst day of her life. 53-54 Her daughter, Amy, was at her side the entire time. Her husband was never alone in the hospital between her and Amy. Talks about how Amy was a very special and devoted daughter. 54-57 She talks about recovering from her husband's death. She felt like she had to change things. She didn't know how to do it though. She knew that somehow, she had to get through it herself without medication or support groups. She says that her and her husband had a very close and special relationship. It was extremely painful and tough. 57-60 She knew she needed to do something, so she went to Overlake Hospital to volunteer. It was all new and different. She took to it, though. She has learned a lot from this experience too. 60-62 She thinks it is important to respond to people. It is important to help people. She talks about a specific instance when she ran to get a wheel chair for a woman. She's met a lot of nice people through Overlake Hospital. 62-62 Yz Here she is now, all these years later. 62 Yz- 64 Good or bad, the highlights of her life were losing her parents, because she had to learn to live without them. Losing her husband was also a key point of her life-the worst day of her life. She also thinks that the highlights of her life have been feeling like she has been a successful parent, seeing her kids achieve, and seeing her grandkids be born. 64-66 Talks about how she was born during the Great Depression. She talks about how her mother had another pregnancy, but had to have a secret abortion because they could not afford another child. She also says that her older sister had a twin that did not live. Talks about how she was named after her grandmother. 66-68 Talks about the small Jewish community that existed in Seattle when she first arrived. 68-69% Chicago had a very large Jewish population. It was easy to be Jewish in Chicago. 69%-70% She says that her family was not very religious. 70%-73 She never really had issues with religious discrimination in Seattle. It was pretty liberal. In Chicago, however, she remembers hearing discriminating comments. 73-75 Talks about kids and college again. 75-75% Believes she fulfilled her father's wishes. 75%-77 Wishes that she had finished college. She tried to do other things that she could learn from- like volunteering. 77-77% Conclusion |
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