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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:
- Dean Stack, Jean Smith, Joe Hoy, and Candy Roell meeting with student Norm Barea. Detroit native, Norman I. Barea was a 1956 military student in ROTC program. In 1968, he was appointed the administrative assistant to Dr. Richard F. Whitmore, director of Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, Michigan. Joseph T. Hoy was the head of the of physical education department for men in 1965. Dr. Roell served as chair of the Women's Physical Education Department from 1960-1967.
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection