Dorothy Steinbroner and Elizabeth Steinbroner
Recorded
September 16, 2016
41:06 minutes
0:00 / 0:00
Id:
mby015370
Description
Dorothy "Beb" Steinbroner (58) talks to her daughter Elizabeth Steinbroner (35) about her childhood growing up with eight siblings and often going hungry, meeting her husband in high school who "saved her" from her circumstances, and going on to become a grandmother and great-grandmother.Subject Log / Time Code
Dorothy Steinbroner (DS) talks about the origin of her nickname "Beb" and nicknames in her family.
DS describes her siblings and her relationships with them.
DS describes how her family found out her sister was bipolar, after she was raped and taken to a doctor.
DS remembers going hungry while her father was in the hospital for an accident: "I just remember going into a corner."
DS talks about how she met her husband in high school.
DS describes her six children and what she learned about raising kids from her mother, who had nine children.
DS remembers getting so hungry that her brothers had to steal apples from orchards at night and they would each get one apple for a meal.
DS shares what she wishes for her great-grandchildren, and her grandchildren. She shares what she would say to her mother: you did you best, I love you.
Participants
- Dorothy Steinbroner
- Elizabeth Steinbroner