Reminiscences of Ruth Cheney Streeter, 1979.

Biographical Note

Interviewee married Thomas W. Streeter

Scope and Contents

Family background, schooling, debut, 1913; Bryn Mawr, 1914-1917; World War I, marriage; life in Morristown, N.J. from 1922: community undertakings, State Relief Council, County Welfare Board; husband's career as historian and book collector; children, travel; learning to fly, 1940-1941; Director, Marine Corps Women's Reserve, 1943-1945: recruiting, discipline, administration, morale, training, other women's services; New Jersey Veterans Council 1946-1953; bonus issue; delegate to New Jersey Constitutional Convention 1947; Electoral College, 1948

Subjects

• Aeronautics.
• Depressions--1929--United States.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Mason, John T., 1909-1998, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• New Jersey--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Streeter, Ruth, 1895-1990--Interviews.
• United States. Marine Corps--Women.
• Women executives--Interviews.
• World War, 1939-1945--Women.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984