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Author:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Creator:
Jaeger, Johnathon
Description:
Turn-of-the-century La Crosse dance halls became the center of a moral crusade by social reformers,
namely the Associated Charities of La Crosse, against adolescents and their leisure. By examining
primary sources from The La Crosse Tribune, the City of La Crosse, residents, and even the
adolescents themselves, the methods and the views of both the social reformers and the adolescents
are unveiled. In the tradition of historians like Kathy Peiss and Ruskin Teeter, I find the ways in
which the Progressives of early 20th Century America targeted the adolescent group for reform. This
paper acts as an exploration of two narratives about the meaning of adolescence and about La Crosse
as a place during the turn of the century.
Published as part of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 24 (2021)
Published as part of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 24 (2021)
Author:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Description:
Brenda Lauderdale was born in Alabama, but spent most of her childhood in the Chicago area. She came to La Crosse for college. Lauderdale mostly discusses growing up in housing projects in Chicago in the 1950s and her family life. In 1975, Lauderdale enrolled in UWL, and some of her interview focuses on anti-Black racism and discrimination in La Crosse and at UWL.
Tape 2
Tape 2
Author:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Description:
Gerber discusses her work history, her concern for equal rights for women, and her long involvement with the La Crosse Business and Professional Women's Club in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She describes the purposes and concerns of the club as well as its history and development.
Author:
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Oral History Program
Description:
Pat Seubert (b. 1936) discusses her life in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She focuses on family and neighborhood life and details recreation activities and social life. She also describes changes in society and politics during her lifetime. Topics includ but are not limited to: childhood home, La Crosse neighborhoods, 20th century changing technologies (dishwasher, washing machine), household roles, husband's employment, raising a family, clothing fads, leisure activities, children's extracurricular activities and music tastes, fraternal and social organizations, courtships and friendships, treatment of women (1940s-1970s), relationship and marriage (married 1958), vacations and first car, WWII (homefront), Communism, Korean War, nursing homes and funerals, religious importance, major societal changes (1945-1960s), family ethnicities, and racial and ethnic tensions in La Crosse. Content warning: this interview does contain racist, anti-Black language.
Tape 2