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| Duration | 00:55:40.657 |
| Abstract | Oswalt discusses her involvement with the La Crosse Business and Professional Women's Club and efforts to achieve wage equality and health care reform and to improve the status of women in the workplace and society. The following topics are also discussed: Joining La Crosse Business and Professional Women's (BPW) club, c.1960 -- Opened hair salon, 1958 -- Sisters involvement in BPW -- Highlights of BPW involvement -- President of the organization -- Effects of La Crosse BPW club in the community -- Declining membership -- Political involvement -- Fight for equal pay legislation -- Health care policies for families -- Ailing economy fails women and their families -- Participation in local politics and position on county board -- Business life -- BPW's neutral political stance -- Members of BPW, activities -- Interaction with regional and state levels of BPW -- Programs put on by the BPW in La Crosse community -- Scholarship program -- After-meeting speakers and programs -- Missing audio for seven seconds -- Future of the BPW -- Need for greater involvement -- No relationship with Chamber of Commerce. |
| Interviewee | Oswalt, Sally |
| Interviewer | Lee, Charles R., 1949- |
| Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
| Type of resource | sound recording |
| Genre | history |
| Genre authority | marcgt |
| Publisher name | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program |
| Place of publication | La Crosse, Wisconsin |
| Date published | 1992-04-02 |
| Date captured | 2017-03-23 |
| Language | eng |
| Subject topic | Oswalt, Sally -- Interviews Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | La Crosse Business and Professional Women's Club (La Crosse, Wis.) -- History Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Oral history Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Oral history -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Interviews -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Equal rights amendments Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Equal pay for work Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Women -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse -- Societies and clubs Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Women's health services -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: LCSH |
| Subject topic | Health care reform Authority: LCSH |
| Content | 00:00:41- Joining La Crosse Business and Professional Women's (BPW) club, c.1960 | 00:02:34- Opened hair salon, 1958 | 00:03:05- Sisters involvement in BPW | 0:04:35- Highlights of BPW involvement | 00:05:46- President of the organization | 00:07:20- Effects of La Crosse BPW club in the community | 00:09:22- Declining membership | 00:11:58- Political involvement | 00:14:40- Fight for equal pay legislation | 00:15:25- Health care policies for families | 00:18:12- Ailing economy fails women and their families | 00:19:00- Participation in local politics and position on county board | 00:21:20- Business life | 00:26:16- BPW's neutral political stance | 00:31:19- Members of BPW, activities | 00:34:50- Interaction with regional and state levels of BPW | 00:37:00- Programs put on by the BPW in La Crosse community | 00:39:27- Scholarship program | 00:43:14- After-meeting speakers and programs | 00:46:20- Missing audio for seven seconds | 00:46:57- Future of the BPW | 00:50:07- Need for greater involvement | 00:52:02- No relationship with Chamber of Commerce |
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| Collection | UWL Oral History Program Collection |
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| Doi | 18-0021 |
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