Dorothy H. Wolf Beyer Memoir |
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| Title | Beyer, Dorothy H. Wolf - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject |
Chicago (Ill.) Electrification Kansas Nursery Schools Teachers Women--Rights |
| Description | Beyer, proprietor of one of the first nursery schools in Chicago, discusses her childhood, education, and married life with regard to her divergence from tradi-tional female roles. She relates family history, childhood in Garnett, Kansas; entertainment, social life and education in the early 1900's; electricity in the home, and her first automobile. She also discusses the Depression, WWI and WWII, her life in Chicago, her trip around the world, and reflects on the lives of her children and her reluctance to adhere to prescribed female behavior. |
| Creator | Beyer, Dorothy H. Wolf b. 1898 |
| Contributing Institution | Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Contributors | Werler, Susan [interviewer] |
| Date | 1979 |
| Type | text; sound |
| Digital Format | PDF; MP3 |
| Identifier | B468 |
| Language | en |
| Rights | © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html |
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| Title | Dorothy H. Wolf Beyer Memoir |
| Source | Dorothy H. Wolf Beyer Memoir.pdf |
| Rights | © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html |