Interview with Laura Day Hogg, May 29, 1979
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
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Laura Hogg grew up in Leslie County during the 1920s and 1930s. Her father worked as a "truck patch peddler,"selling items produced on their farm. After attending Stinnett Settlement School and Hyden High School, Hogg began working as a housekeeper for a number of families in the area. She discusses religious customs, social activities such as box suppers and pie suppers, and government assistance during the Great Depression. Hogg recalls various herb doctors and describes "granny women," who charged three dollars to deliver a baby.Interview Accession
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Hogg, Laura Day Interview by Sadie W. Stidham. 29 May. 1979. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Hogg, L.D. (1979, May 29). Interview by S. W. Stidham. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Hogg, Laura Day, interview by Sadie W. Stidham. May 29, 1979, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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