Interview with Daisy Murphy, March 19, 1994
Project: Appalachia: Women Of Coal Oral History Project
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Daisy Murphy talks about her experience of being a daughter and also a wife of coal miners. She describes growing up in coal mines and raising her children in coal mining towns in West Virginia. She recounts several anecdotes from the past.Interview Accession
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Appalachian Region Appalachian Region--Economic conditions Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region Gender issues Murphy, Daisy Murphy, Daisy--Interviews Poverty--Appalachian Region Sexism Women coal miners Women--Appalachian Region Logan County (W. Va.) McDowell County (W. Va.) Coal miners' spousesInterview Rights
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Murphy, Daisy Interview by Randall Norris. 19 Mar. 1994. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Murphy, D. (1994, March 19). Interview by R. Norris. Appalachia: Women Of Coal Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Murphy, Daisy, interview by Randall Norris. March 19, 1994, Appalachia: Women Of Coal Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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