Widowed Services Program/Displaced Homemaker Center and Widowed Services Program records 1973-1991

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Widowed Services Program/Displaced Homemaker Center and Widowed Services Program records 1973-1991

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The Widowed Services Program/Displaced Homemaker Center and Widowed Services Program was established at the University of Oregon by Hazel Foss in the mid-1970s to help new widows and displaced homemakers develop skills to enter the workforce. The collection contains office files, grant records, publicity and media materials, publications, videotapes and audiotapes, and photographs.

8.5 linear feet, 25 containers

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University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6379148

University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives

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Widowed Services Program (Eugene, Or.)

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Hazel Foss is best known for her work in the Displaced Homemaker movement. Because she had been a traditional homemaker her work was infused with the understanding that can only come from personal experience. In her early life, she had worked as a secretary, married, given birth to twin girls, and pursued the life of a particularly active homemaker. While her life could be divided into two distinctive phases, her domestic life and public work are inextricably linked. Indeed, her wor...

Older Women's League (U.S.)

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National Displaced Homemakers Network

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Foss, Hazel, 1924-

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University of Oregon. Center for Gerontology

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