Grace Woods Interview, circa November 1979
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- 1979-11-01T08:00:00Z
- Description
Grace Woods recalls the living on a ranch in Silver Star, Montana, when rural electrification was implemented. She talks about the difficulty of getting electricity because of the location of her family’s ranch. Woods states that one the most important benefits of rural electrification, for her family’s ranch and other ranches in the area, was the ability to irrigate. She also notes the convenience of having hot water in the house and an electric stove.
- Creator
- Woods, Grace
- Contributing Institution
- University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
- Subjects
- Farm life, Montana
Rural electrification, Montana
Women, Montana
Modern conveniences
Electricity
Ranchers, Montana
Silver Star, Montana
Waterloo, Montana
Montana Power Company
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- Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
- Chicago citation style
- Woods, Grace. Grace Woods Interview, circa November 1979. 1979-11-01T08:00:00Z. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralelectrification_oralhistory/1. (Accessed March 5, 2021.)
- APA citation style
- Woods, Grace, (1979-11-01T08:00:00Z) Grace Woods Interview, circa November 1979. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralelectrification_oralhistory/1
- MLA citation style
- Woods, Grace. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ruralelectrification_oralhistory/1>.