Authors

Mamie Jenkins

Interviewer

Shelley Williams

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Description

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. At the time of the interview, Mamie Jenkins was living in the Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Huntington, WV. She discusses: her personal history and childhood; her family; working at a laundry; race relations at the laundry; gender issues; her education; and other topics.

Publication Date

1998

Identifier

OH64-589

Type

Text

Library of Congress Subjects

Jenkins, Mamie, -- Autobiography.
Farm life -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Laundries -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Education -- West Virginia -- Oral histories.
Glass factories -- Huntington (W. Va.) -- Oral histories.

Comments

Interview is included in the Marshall University Oral History Collection. The index number is OH64-589.

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Oral History Interview: Mamie Jenkins

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