Ruth Tichnell standing with a young friend (Courtesy of Anne Montague)
NHF_TPS_2016_Titchnell_Ruth
July 9 2016
In this interview, Ruth speaks about her hometown, along with her primary and secondary
education. She relates how she got a clerk typist job at the Census Bureau by taking an aptitude test in school, and then travelled to work in Suitland, Maryland. Ruth explains that although she enjoyed the work and was provided with housing and transportation, she became homesick and ultimately left to work closer to her family. She shares her memories of both Pearl Harbor and V-J day, along with stories of her father’s railway work and her husband’s military service. Ruth ends the interview by sharing advice and reflecting on how she was shaped by her own experiences as a young person.
education. She relates how she got a clerk typist job at the Census Bureau by taking an aptitude test in school, and then travelled to work in Suitland, Maryland. Ruth explains that although she enjoyed the work and was provided with housing and transportation, she became homesick and ultimately left to work closer to her family. She shares her memories of both Pearl Harbor and V-J day, along with stories of her father’s railway work and her husband’s military service. Ruth ends the interview by sharing advice and reflecting on how she was shaped by her own experiences as a young person.
Digital
1h 1m 16s
Ruth Tichnell, Interview, National Home Front Project, Washington College, Chestertown Maryland.
Interview was recorded by Anne Montague and Buddie Curnette through Thanks! Plain and Simple for the Starr Center of the American Experience National Homefront Project.
Rowlesburg, Preston, West Virginia, United States, NA [39.34843,-79.67089] [id:4820758]Washington, Washington, United States, NA [47.50012,-120.50147] [id:5815135]
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience (Washington College)
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
oral histories (literary works)
Women--Employment--United States--History--20th century
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American