Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/4930 Title Oral History, Women, and Institutional Space in Twentieth Century America Creator Brianna Williford Date 6/1/2017 Type Text Honors Thesis Identifier honors_theses/144 Language eng Rights Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/01/2023, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Abstract Women have lived much of their lives in institutionalized spaces. These spaces, such as capitol buildings and schools, are owned and regulated by the government. To explore women’s access to institutionalized spaces in the mid/late twentieth century, I have analyzed five oral history interviews. These are all with and/or about Maurine Neuberger, Karen Jensen, and Linda Stonecipher. I share pieces of their stories. Oral Histories exhibit a direct and personal recounting of the ways in which American society has regulated women’s access to institutional spaces, and how some attempted to surpass the expectations placed upon them. All these oral histories exhibit some of the ways the women were separated from men, and treated differently than men as students, athletes, and professionals. Because of separation by gender, many sports became uniquely male or female, think football versus field hockey. Neuberger in the 1920s, and Jensen and Stonecipher in the 1970s, all studied Physical Education. Into at least the 1970s, most men’s P.E. programs had separate, newer buildings, and women were taught with completely different educational philosophies. Directly opposing men, women’s athletic and academic programs focused on non-competition and non-commercialization. All three women worked in industries dominated by men (coaches, educators, Jensen was an athletic trainer, and Neuberger a politician). My unique oral histories contribute to the current research by adding more voices and stories to the larger discussion of women in sport and institutional space, both popular scholarly discussions today. Department or school name within institution Honors Program Note Kimberly Jensen Gavin Keulks -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/3190 Title Maurine Brown-Neuberger, 1923 Creator Undetermined Subject Alumna Maurine Neuberger Oregon Normal School (ONS) Women of WOU Description A photo of Maurine Brown-Neuberger from the student yearbook. The Norm, 1923, page 89. Digital .jpg (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1235, height: 1500) Date 1923 Type Image; StillImage Identifier omeka/1163 Rights No Copyright - United States: As of 04/23/2020, Hamersly Library believes this item is free of copyright under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth -- Url https://wou.omeka.net/s/repository/item/3189 Title Maurine Brown-Neuberger, 1924 Creator Undetermined Subject Alumna Maurine Neuberger Oregon Normal School (ONS) Women of WOU Description A photo of Maurine Brown-Neuberger from the student yearbook. The Norm, 1924, page 67. Digital .jpg (300 dpi, pixel dimensions- width: 1086, height: 1500) Date 1924 Type Image; StillImage Identifier omeka/1164 Rights No Copyright - United States: As of 04/23/2020, Hamersly Library believes this item is free of copyright under the laws of the United States. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Spatial Coverage United States--Oregon--Polk County--Monmouth --