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Description

Ruth Batman, born in 1926, reflects on her childhood, living with her grandparents in Vera Oklahoma. She recalls memories of the food that her family prepared during the Great Depression when money was tight, as well as what chores her and her siblings did around the farm. She moves on to discuss her job with Boeing's aircraft construction plant and how she met her husband.

Date(s)

07/18/2009

Call Number

SOK_011

Subjects Farm life, Cooking, Homemakers, United States. Works Progress Administration, Depressions
Food preparation, WPA, Rural life
Interviewee(s) Ruth Batman
Interviewer(s) Latasha Wilson