Oral History Interview, Betsy Draine (826)

Abstract

In her three 2006 interview sessions, Professor Emerita Betsy Draine discusses her long and accomplished career in English and Women’s Studies at UW-Madison and the following topics:

Family background; Early education; Role models; Mount Holyoke undergraduate; Teaching in Philadelphia; Graduate study at Temple; Hiring by UW; Editing; Teaching; Tenure; Gender discrimination; TA strike; Committee service; Course on Booker Prize recipients; Associate chair of the English Department; Chair of Women’s Studies; Associate Vice Chancellorship; Post-tenure review; Gender equity pay exercise; Grievances of women faculty; Chancellors; Barrows case; Campus climate for women; Parental leave policy; Spousal hire policy; Gender equity in UW System; Office of International Studies; Retirement.

This interview was conducted for inclusion into the UW-Madison Archives and Records Management Oral History Collection.