Teresa Fowler and Jill-Anne Fowler
Recorded
January 15, 2022
Archived
January 15, 2022
41:34 minutes
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Id:
mby021377
Description
Teresa Fowler (73) shares a conversation with her daughter Jill-Anne Fowler (47) about her childhood, her parents, the military's impact on her life, and her career journey.Subject Log / Time Code
TF describes where she was born and talks about her family.
TF talks about how her parents met. She discusses her father's involvement in the Marine Corps.
TF describes letters she found between her parents, and talks about their wedding. She describes her family's life in Brooklyn before moving back to Michigan.
TF remembers her family living in quonset huts before they moved to live on base at Camp Pendleton. She remembers a time her mother had a nervous breakdown.
TF describes learning how to write left-handed and then being forced to write with her right hand in school.
TF talks about the birth of her younger sister and their family's life in North Carolina. She remembers seeing segregation as a child and being confused by it.
TF describes her family's life in Michigan, and how her father wanted to be a farmer in retirement.
TF remembers the house her parents purchased. She talks about her adulthood and her career trajectory.
TF talks about having twins and raising them as a single mother. She remembers moving back to her father's farm to help him in his later years.
TF talks about coming to Florida and shares why she gave her daughters the names they have.
Participants
- Teresa Fowler
- Jill-Anne Fowler