NHF_CUSP_2002_Boggs_Aileen_Fra
November 14 2002
In this interview, Aileen discusses her wartime experience raising a child and running her
household, while her husband was overseas on active duty. She also recalls shortages, rationing, and life as a stay-at-home mother after the war. Aileen goes on to relate her husband’s experiences in service and her own memories with other service wives on the home front.
household, while her husband was overseas on active duty. She also recalls shortages, rationing, and life as a stay-at-home mother after the war. Aileen goes on to relate her husband’s experiences in service and her own memories with other service wives on the home front.
Digital
English
57m 41s
Aileen Frazier Boggs, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Thomas Saylor through Concordia University St. Paul for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Woodbury, Washington, Minnesota, United States, NA [44.92386,-92.95938] [id:5053358]Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, NA [40.92318,-91.18147] [id:4853838]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
Concordia University--St. Paul
oral histories (literary works)
Stay-at-home mothers
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
Concordia University--St. Paul
oral histories (literary works)
Stay-at-home mothers
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American