Interview with Malta R. Miller, July 19, 1988

Interview Summary

Malta Miller was born in 1901 in Johnson County, Kentucky. She remembers that her mother made a big dinner on Sunday and invited all the neighbors. Miller states that it was her mother who really ran their home. Miller attended Berea College and became a teacher. She married at age 22, but divorced after eight years. She had two children and worked in the post office in Auxier, and also worked as a clerk in the company store. She recalls other women who worked outside the home. She also made and sold clothes to the neighbors. During World War Two she went to Michigan to work in a plant that manufactured bomber aircraft.

Interview Keyword

World War II Employment Auxier (Ky.) Birth control Coal camp schools Consolidated Coal Company Divorce in coal camps Dress making Gender roles Johnson County (Ky.) Van Lear (Ky.) Women's role in coal camps

Interview LC Subject

Appalachian Region Miller, Malta R., 1901- Miller, Malta R., 1901- --Interviews

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