Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project

Titles: Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project (Supplied title)

Description: This project chronicles the lives of Minnesota nurses who participated in the Vietnam Conflict. One focus of the interviews discusses suffering from and helping those who suffer from post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). Another aspect of these interviews chronicles postwar involvement including work with veteran's organizations and the development of two monuments dedicated to the military service of women. Some of the subjects discussed include education prior to entering military service; hospital conditions in Vietnam; gender roles in the military; reactions of family members after enlisting; civilian life after Vietnam; involvement in PTSD groups; involvement in the Veterans Administration (VA); creating the Women in Military Service to America Memorial (WIMSA); basic training through the Army Nurse Corps; the Anti-War Movement; thoughts on the Iraq War; creating the Vietnam Women's Memorial; Communism and the Cold War; modern perceptions of the Vietnam Conflict; the importance of women in the military.

Dates

• 2000 - 2007 (Creation)

Interviews

• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Catherine "Kay" M. Bauer' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Donna-Marie "D.M." Boulay' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Lynn L. Bower' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Mary Breed' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with MaryLu Brunner' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Valerie Buchan' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Ann Benson Rudolph' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Mary O'Brien Tyrrell' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Mary Beth Crowley' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Diane Carlson Evans' <OH 113>
• Oral History - Interview, MHS Collection, sound cassette: 'Minnesota's Women Vietnam Veterans Oral History Project: Interview with Edythe "Edy" D. Thompson Johnson' <OH 113>

Creation

• interviewer: Heikkila, Kim
• interviewee: Bauer, Catherine M.
• interviewee: Boulay, Donna-Marie
• interviewee: Bower, Lynn L.
• interviewee: Breed, Mary Elizabeth Kendall
• interviewee: Brunner, MaryLu
• interviewee: Buchan, Valerie
• interviewee: Crowley, Mary Beth
• interviewee: Evans, Diane Carlson
• interviewee: Johnson, Edythe D.
• interviewee: Rudolph, Ann Benson
• interviewee: Tyrrell, Mary O'Brien

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 113
• Accession Number: AV2007.38

Holding Type: Oral History - Project

Quantity: 1 project 48.5 hours sound cassette 729 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Subjects