Oral History Interview, Mary Gallagher (1404)
Abstract
In her November 2014 interview with Kathleen Conti, Mary Gallagher relates her experiences as a math educator from the 1960s to the 2010s. Born and raised in Virginia, she discusses her education and educational expectations as a young woman in mathematics, and chronicles the various places in which she’d taught a variety of subjects to a variety of audiences. She offered reflections on educational practice, a number of places, and about Madison as a community and a university. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW-Madison Oral History Program.
Subject
Randolph-Macon Women’s College, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 1960s, The Draft, Student Protest, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/83011Type
Recording, oral
Description
Throughout her 2014 interview, Mary Gallagher highlights her childhood growing up in Virginia, her experience as a math educator from the 1960s to the 2010s, and her experience in Madison. To learn more about this oral history, download & review the index first (or transcript if available). It will help determine which audio file(s) to download & listen to.