Interview with Leigh A. White, February 20, 2005

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

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Interview Summary

Leigh White (Bulgaria, 2001-2003; Education) discusses graduating from Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky and immediately joining the Peace Corps to teach English to young, primary age students. She describes her motivations for joining, the application process, training, her living situation, and her job. White also talks about meeting and marrying her Bulgarian husband and returning with him to live and work in Louisville.

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2005oh029_pc046

Interviewee Name

Leigh A. White

Interviewer Name

Angene H. Wilson

Interview Date

2005-02-20

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White, Leigh A. Interview by Angene H. Wilson. 20 Feb. 2005. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

White, L.A. (2005, February 20). Interview by A. H. Wilson. Peace Corps: Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (Kentucky) Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

White, Leigh A., interview by Angene H. Wilson. February 20, 2005, 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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