Egg Cups & Oil Wells: My Oklahoma Life - Softcover

Hanley, Marla Martin; Martin, Euna Hiersche

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468150936 ISBN 13: 9781468150933

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

In Egg Cups & Oil Wells, a mother and daughter weave a small and personal story into the wide tapestry of rural women's lives in the Twentieth Century. Euna Hiersche Martin's warmly funny tales about life in Oklahoma begin only thirteen years after statehood on a ranch her father is about to lose to a crooked banker. She recreates a world where families are still quarantined with smallpox, hobos eat on the back porch, smart girls head to the city to master the squiggles of shorthand, ration stamps bewilder new brides, and tonight's chicken dinner struts in the yard. Now in her nineties, Euna brings a wry but wise perspective to her seventy years in the Sooner State. Understanding that her mother's "gumption and persistence" reflect an entire generation's legacy, Marla Martin Hanley adds background rarely found in personal memoirs. Her chapters connect Euna's stories to their historical context: Oklahoma's settlement, the Great Depression, the World War II home front, and the women's movement that dramatically changed the corporate office. Together, the mother-daughter team have created a rich and engaging blend of personal and social history.

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About the Author

Marla Martin Hanley has a Ph.D. in American Studies and was an associate professor of social work and Associate Academic Dean for Integrated Learning at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota. She co-authored Learning Through Field: A Developmental Approach and led the editorial teams for the core liberal arts course texts The Reflective Woman (7th edition) and Global Search for Justice (4th edition). Now writing full-time, Marla lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and the world's best dog. She blogs at greenbough.wordpress.com. Euna Hiersche Martin has been a farm wife, an oil company secretary, the mother of three, and a small business co-owner with her late husband, Lloyd. After living in Oklahoma, California, and Arizona, she has now retired in Sequim, Washington. She enjoys visiting with her children, 6 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1468150936
• ISBN 13: 9781468150933
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326