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- Oral history interview with Jean Friedel and Margie Miner, conducted by Thomas Coyne on March 21, 1995. Friedel and Miner discuss how they came to teach at WMU, the status of women’s physical education programs, the development of women’s physical education programs, the organizational structure of women’s sports, discrimination in sports, and the role of Title IX in women’s athletics. Jean Friedel coached seven women’s sports, including basketball, field hockey, volleyball, gymnastics and track and field, at WMU during her 29-year tenure, which ran from 1960-1989. Margie J. Miner was a faculty member from 1957 until her retirement in 1986. She began the Women's Recreation Association at the university. She passed away on January 30, 2005 in Kalamazoo. and Tape summaries only. Full transcripts unavailable.
- Date Created:
- 1995-03-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Oral Histories at Western Michigan University, WMU Centennial Oral History Collection, and 1 audiocassettes
- Notes:
- Oral history interview with Caroline Mullen Kearney conducted by Thomas Coyne on August 11, 1995. Caroline was an international student from Ireland during the 1980’s and came to WMU on a track athletic scholarship. She recounts how she came to Western after a year at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, TX. She also gives a brief overview of her athletic background in Ireland and the various titles she won as a WMU athlete. She goes on to discuss her academic program at Western and the difficulty in getting her degree recognized in Ireland. She recounts her support from WMU and from various faculty members and administrators. She also discusses some of her favorite professors, her reactions to the WMU campus as an international student as well as the reactions of some American students to her and her country. and Tape summaries only. Full transcripts unavailable.
- Date Created:
- 1995-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Oral Histories at Western Michigan University, WMU Centennial Oral History Collection, and 1 audiocassette