Interview with Elisha Shepherd, June 8, 1980
Project: Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Elisha Shepherd was born in Hazard, Kentucky in 1919 and moved to Leslie County in 1931. After the family moved to Thousandsticks, Shepherd helped to sell vegetables they raised in order to buy staples. He talks about "workings" of various kinds with square dancing afterward. He also comments upon the 1927 flood, relief during the Great Depression, and rationing during World War Two, as well as various jobs he's worked. Shepherd recalls a period of violence when the United Mine Workers Union was being organized in the area, and he also remembers people being murdered during elections, including "school elections." Shepherd comments upon "granny women," herb doctors, and persons who sold herbs in the area. He tells of the FNS coming to Leslie County and indicates that the nurses delivered two of his children.Interview Accession
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The Great Depression Flood of 1927 Thousandsticks FNS UMW Workings Rationing United Mine Workers Granny women UnionsInterview LC Subject
Medical care Nursing Kentucky Frontier Nursing Service, Inc. World War II Hazard (Ky.) MidwivesInterview Rights
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Shepherd, Elisha Interview by Sadie W. Stidham. 08 Jun. 1980. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Shepherd, E. (1980, June 08). Interview by S. W. Stidham. Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Shepherd, Elisha, interview by Sadie W. Stidham. June 08, 1980, Frontier Nursing Service Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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