Oral History Interview with Jessie Surratt, October 28, 1994
Description:
Interview with Jessie Surratt about her recollections of women's lives in Texarkana, Texas during the Progressive Era. Surratt discusses the business community during her childhood, "Swampoodle" and speakeasies and prostitution, folk medicines, funeral practices, her education, her stay at Fort Worth Masonic Home, memories of her parents, church activities, her mother's membership in Maccabees, gender roles, child-rearing, and holiday customs.
Date:
October 28, 1994
Creator:
Rowe, Beverly J. & Surratt, Jessie Marie Perkinson
Partner:
UNT Oral History Program