Reminiscences of Mildred McAfee Horton : oral history, 1982.

Biographical Note

Educator, Director of Women's Naval Reserve; interviewee married Douglas Horton.

Scope and Contents

Family background and early religious influences; Dean of Women, Oberlin College, 1934-36 and President, Wellesley College, 1936-49: increasing number of women attending college, demographic shifts of applicants, change in attitudes regarding selection of faculty, career options, military service, sexuality; Director, Women's Naval Reserve, 1942-45; women's role in armed forces, World War II, uniform designs for women; member, World Council of Churches, 1960s: churches' role in civil rights in developing nations; observer Vatican II, 1963-65: women's issues in Roman Catholic Church; delegate, White House Conference on Aging, 1981; Gray Panthers, discussions on social security.

Subjects

• Church and social problems.
• Church and state.
• Horton, Mildred McAfee, 1900-1994.
• Interviews.
• Older people--Legal status, laws, etc.
• Oral histories.
• Sargeant, Helene K., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• United States--Armed Forces--Women.
• United States. Navy.
• Wellesley College.
• Women--Education (Higher)
• Women executives--Interviews.
• World Council of Churches.

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