Wheeler, Betty 2017-12-12
This interview features Betty Wheeler as she discusses segregation, integration, diversity, and her professional career. In this interview, she recounts her desire to see integration and diversity at a young age. She also explains how it was imperative to her to have diversity in the YWCA.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Betty Wheeler
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: December 12, 2017
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Andy Wilkinson
Length: 01:38:16 (1 hour 38 minutes)
Abstract
Noticing Lubbock’s segregation while growing up; How changes of integration occurred; Her professional career; Her relationship with her mother; All Saints and St. Paul’s Church and School; Working with the board of the YWCA to increase funding; Creating a summer program for children with special needs; Funding YWCA programs during the present; What Betty has been doing since her retirement
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/362916>
Related Interview: Wheeler, Betty 2017-11-21
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