Interview with Margaret Tassie Bonahoom, March 1, 2022
Project: University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project
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Margaret Anne “Meg” Tassie Bonahoom was born on December 4, 1946 in Toledo, Ohio, the daughter of a Certified Public Accountant, Glennon Bloomfield Tassie and Frances Beard Tassie. She attended DeVeaux grades 1-8, and graduated from DeVilbiss High School in 1964. She enrolled at Bowling Green State University fall of that year before transferring to the University of Kentucky. In this interview she discusses her initial experiences on the U.K. campus in 1967 and 1968, including her membership in the Students for a Democratic Society.Interview Accession
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Bonahoom, Margaret Tassie Interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. 01 Mar. 2022. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Bonahoom, M.T. (2022, March 01). Interview by J. Suchanek. University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Bonahoom, Margaret Tassie, interview by Jeffrey Suchanek. March 01, 2022, University of Kentucky: The Turbulent Years (1965-1975) Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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