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Tape Summary (minutes) 0-2.5 2.5-4.5 4.5-6 6-7.5 7.5-9 9-10 10-14 14-15.5 15.5-16 16-17.5 17.5-20 20 21-23 Childhood in Southern Idaho farming country. Lived on farm, parents worked Siblings Chores on farm, walking to school Moved with family to mother's new teaching job Lived far out in the country Death of youngest brother, "Baby Joe" at 18 months old Graduated High School, Got ID teaching certificate at SICE Relationship to parents: closer to her father than her mother They "all got along fine" Family games ... she was better than her younger brother Jesse Canning Didn't have a lot of friends growing up, no neighbors Had only 4 girls in her 8th grade class First job at age 18 while in teacher's college Pregnant women not allowed to teach, took over the job of an expectant mother Story of first day at school Story of first week at school Married, moved to Brookings, OR Had first 2 sons Husband (Tom Martin) went back to school for his masters degree Barbara earns her Bachelor's degree Met her husband at SICE He used to tease her Story of first date Married in 1951 Homemade wedding dress she designed herself Technical difficulties with tape player. .. small break Story of honeymoon 23-24 24-25 25-26 26-27 27-29.5 29.5-30 30-31 31-34 34-35 35-36 36-38 38-40 40+ Tom was a firefighter at the time, they got married Friday and he got called to a fire on Monday Birth of children: 4 boys spaced 2 years apart Friends were older Played games Story of lightning storm Second oldest son (Terry) helps take care of Barbara and Tom's farm Adoption of granddaughter Stephanie at age 53 Happy life; Blessed Loved kids, loved teaching Evaluates position of women, then vs. now Men had first choice at careers, bothered by hierarchy of LOS and Catholic churches Today women are better educated, better "money-sense" Influence of historical moments WWU was "pretty serious" ... 4 uncles in war, 2 severely wounded People don't respect soldiers these days In Las Vegas during September 11th Gas, sugar, shoe rationing As a child in 10, she lived very close to an internment camp for Japanese, said that always bothered her Rolled bandages once a week for WWII soldiers Hardships: When younger, had to "stretch pennies to make them go" Hardest- husband's current failing health Conversation
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Title | Martin, Barbara Oral History Interview, 2005 |
Interviewer | Martin, Christine |
Date | 2005-04-30 |
Description | 62 minute oral history with Barbara Martin, conducted for a Women in the West (HIST 398 course at Washington State University). She grew up on farm in Idaho and received teaching degree, like her mother. She married and raised her children while teaching. They eventually settled on a small farm in Oregon, where she retired and is an avid writer. |
Subject | Education; Teachers; Working mothers |
Coverage | North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Cassia County--Albion; North and Central America--United States--Idaho--Jerome County--Falls City; North and Central America--United States--Oregon--Wheeler County--Richmond |
Type | Sound |
Genre | Interviews |
Publisher | Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes | In copyright. Item is in copyright until 95 years after 2011 publication date. |
Identifier | ua262b09f98 |
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 |
Digitization | Original audio cassettes were converted to wav files using Audacity and a USBPre interface. Mp3 files were then created from the wav files for online access. Film clips were created as mpeg-4 files using Adobe Premiere Elements 9 to add selected images to the wav audio files. Print documents were scanned to pdf format using a Xerox Workcentre 5030 copier/scanner. |
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Title | ua262b09f98_Abstract |
Full Text | Tape Summary (minutes) 0-2.5 2.5-4.5 4.5-6 6-7.5 7.5-9 9-10 10-14 14-15.5 15.5-16 16-17.5 17.5-20 20 21-23 Childhood in Southern Idaho farming country. Lived on farm, parents worked Siblings Chores on farm, walking to school Moved with family to mother's new teaching job Lived far out in the country Death of youngest brother, "Baby Joe" at 18 months old Graduated High School, Got ID teaching certificate at SICE Relationship to parents: closer to her father than her mother They "all got along fine" Family games ... she was better than her younger brother Jesse Canning Didn't have a lot of friends growing up, no neighbors Had only 4 girls in her 8th grade class First job at age 18 while in teacher's college Pregnant women not allowed to teach, took over the job of an expectant mother Story of first day at school Story of first week at school Married, moved to Brookings, OR Had first 2 sons Husband (Tom Martin) went back to school for his masters degree Barbara earns her Bachelor's degree Met her husband at SICE He used to tease her Story of first date Married in 1951 Homemade wedding dress she designed herself Technical difficulties with tape player. .. small break Story of honeymoon 23-24 24-25 25-26 26-27 27-29.5 29.5-30 30-31 31-34 34-35 35-36 36-38 38-40 40+ Tom was a firefighter at the time, they got married Friday and he got called to a fire on Monday Birth of children: 4 boys spaced 2 years apart Friends were older Played games Story of lightning storm Second oldest son (Terry) helps take care of Barbara and Tom's farm Adoption of granddaughter Stephanie at age 53 Happy life; Blessed Loved kids, loved teaching Evaluates position of women, then vs. now Men had first choice at careers, bothered by hierarchy of LOS and Catholic churches Today women are better educated, better "money-sense" Influence of historical moments WWU was "pretty serious" ... 4 uncles in war, 2 severely wounded People don't respect soldiers these days In Las Vegas during September 11th Gas, sugar, shoe rationing As a child in 10, she lived very close to an internment camp for Japanese, said that always bothered her Rolled bandages once a week for WWII soldiers Hardships: When younger, had to "stretch pennies to make them go" Hardest- husband's current failing health Conversation |
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