Interview with Roxie C. Perkins, June 10, 1981
Project: University of Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Roxie C. Perkins discusses her long career in agricultural and home economics extension service in Harlan County, Kentucky. She discusses her work with the 4-H Club, various 4-H and community projects, and the community's war efforts. She discusses a period of time when she worked for free because she had been fired because some of her coworkers did not like having a female boss.Interview Accession
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Deborah Murray
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Perkins, Roxie C. Perkins, Roxie C.--Interviews University of Kentucky University of Kentucky--History Home economics extension work Employment Harlan (Ky.) 4-H clubs Marriage Harlan County (Ky.) Women--Employment. Agricultural extension work Women agricultural extension workersInterview Rights
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Perkins, Roxie C. Interview by Joe B. Williams. 10 Jun. 1981. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Perkins, R.C. (1981, June 10). Interview by J. B. Williams. University of Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Perkins, Roxie C., interview by Joe B. Williams. June 10, 1981, University of Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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