Interview with Frances Owen conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on January 29, 1985. Owen learned of Pearl Harbor on the radio. Soon afterwards, her husband volunteered for service. She learned to be quite handy in his absence, had a variety of extra people share her home, and volunteered for children’s causes while her husband was away. She speaks of the racism of the day and how war helped break covert racist attitudes. She discusses her experiences on Mayor Devin’s Civic Unity Committee.

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Digitized: Yes, from analog cassette to .wav files and to CD (.cda files)
Re-Digitized in 2025 from analog cassette to .wav file.
Transcript: Yes, scanned from original analog to .pdf (final); original hard copy of rough draft and final transcript in admin file.