Document Type

Oral History

Jacalyn L. Ellingsen, interviewed by Sarah Lawler, Part 1

Interviewee name

Jacalyn Louisa Shope Ellingsen

Interviewer

Sarah Lawler

Interview date

11-13-2001

Time

00:32:21

Files

Streaming Media

Abstract

Jacalyn L. Ellingsen, interviewed by Sarah Lawler, November 13, 2001, unknown location. Ellingsen talks about her experience as an information manager in the Air National Guard since 1979; basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas; tech school in MS; her reasons for joining; computer use; rules and regulations; the view of women in the military, Air Force, and administration; her experience as a hippie in Huntingdon, PA during the Vietnam War; patriotism; her view of the Persian Gulf War and the Iraq War; the role of the Air Nation Guard; the reaction of her family and friends to her enlistment; GI Bill; the relationship between the government and the military; her stay in Alaska during her husband’s tour; marriage, divorce, and motherhood; military benefits; the government’s handling of September 11th and anthrax; the role of women and discrimination in the military and civilian workplace; women in combat; female relationships; military promotional policies; travel. Transcript: 48 pp. Time: 1 hour 10 minutes.

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Part 2: mfc_na3226_c2330_02
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Disciplines

Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History

Birth date

February 7, 1954

Location

Huntington, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Maine

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-American

Occupation

Information Manager

Branch of service

Air National Guard

Service Unit

101st Air Refueling Wing, Maine Air National Guard

Date of entry

May 1979

Service entry

Enlisted

Location of Service

Bangor, Maine

Entry Rank

E-1 Airman Basic

Highest Rank

E-7 Master Sergeant

Names

Betty (Reinker) Shope; Regis Shope

Locations

Huntington, Pennsylvania; Michigan; Lackland [Air Force Base]; Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi; Alaska; Loring Air Force Base; Bangor, Maine; Italy; France; Germany; England; Turkey; Puerto Rico; Hawaii

Headings

Women in the Military; Sexism in the Military

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3226

Recommended Citation

Shope Ellingsen, Jacalyn Louisa, "Jacalyn L. Ellingsen, interviewed by Sarah Lawler, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 43.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/43

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