Interview with Malta R. Miller, October 14, 1988

Interview Summary

This is a second interview with Malta Miller, who was born near present-day Auxier in 1901. She describes attending school in the early twentieth century in a one-room schoolhouse. Miller describes her mother's opportunities for education and states that she believes that her mother would have been a great advocate for suffrage and women's causes if she had had the opportunity. Miller attended Berea College and was there when the flu epidemic hit. She recalls her mother nursing those sick with the flu in Auxier. Mrs. Miller discusses birth control and states that she knows that her parents used condoms because she saw them. She also remembers an incident where a man in Auxier was suspected of being a homosexual and she provides her views on homosexuality.

Interview Keyword

Appalachian People Appalachian social issues Auxier, Kentucky Berea College Coal Mining Floyd County gender roles homosexuality Northeast Coal Company sex education in coal camps suffrage Women Coal Miners women's role in coal camps

Interview LC Subject

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

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