It was great. I’m a younger millennial who grew up with someone in my household who remembered WWI starting (she had my mom late, and then my mom had me late), which exposed me to a lot of history that most people my age didn’t get.
She was a teenager when the depression began, and because she was the oldest of 14 kids, her parents sent her to a convent to take over caring for her; she was one of the few women of her generation to get a master’s degree; she was living at the base on Pearl Harbor when it was attacked; and she rented out a room in her house to several of the first black students at the university where she taught, because no one else would rent to them. That’s a wild life story.
Unfortunately, I didn’t think about it when I had the chance, but I really regret not recording a set of interviews with her.
It was great. I’m a younger millennial who grew up with someone in my household who remembered WWI starting (she had my mom late, and then my mom had me late), which exposed me to a lot of history that most people my age didn’t get.
She was a teenager when the depression began, and because she was the oldest of 14 kids, her parents sent her to a convent to take over caring for her; she was one of the few women of her generation to get a master’s degree; she was living at the base on Pearl Harbor when it was attacked; and she rented out a room in her house to several of the first black students at the university where she taught, because no one else would rent to them. That’s a wild life story.
Unfortunately, I didn’t think about it when I had the chance, but I really regret not recording a set of interviews with her.