Interview with Margaret Dickson, October 26, 2004

Project: Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project

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Interview Summary

Margaret "Peg" Dickson (Ukraine, 2000-2002; Education Program) discusses deciding to become a Peace Corps volunteer later in life and her motivations for joining the Peace Corps after marriage and a family. She talks about working as a VISTA volunteer at the Thornhill Learning Center in Frankfort, Kentucky, and completing her undergraduate degree at Kentucky State just before joining the Peace Corps as a teacher trainer in Ukraine. Dickson describes the application process, training, her living situation, her work, and the impact of being an American in a former Soviet republic. In addition, she talks about returning to Frankfort to be the Director of the VISTA Learning Center.

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2004oh158_pc024

Interviewee Name

Margaret Dickson

Interviewer Name

Jack A. Wilson

Interview Date

2004-10-26

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Dickson, Margaret Interview by Jack A. Wilson. 26 Oct. 2004. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Dickson, M. (2004, October 26). Interview by J. A. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Dickson, Margaret, interview by Jack A. Wilson. October 26, 2004, Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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