Document Type

Oral History

Phyllis Sprague, interviewed by Kristen Frey, Part 1

Interviewee name

Phyllis M. Wheeler Sprague

Interviewer

Kristen Frey

Interview date

11-14-2001

Time

00:17:42

Files

Streaming Media

Abstract

Phyllis Sprague, interviewed by Kristen Frey on November 14, 2001. Sprague was born in Newbury, Vermont in 1943. Sprague talks about joining the Army in 1961; a typical day in basic training and then working for the Army; experience as a medical officer in the Army; Sprague’s attitude toward the military and government becoming more patriotic after her service; way soldiers were welcomed home after Vietnam compared to the Gulf War; relationship between men and women in the military in the 60s; having to leave the military for pregnancy; absence of sexual harassment in the Army. Text: 10 pp. transcript. Time: 00:37:21.

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Part 1: mfc_na3242_c2351_01
Part 2: mfc_na3242_c2351_02

Disciplines

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

Birth date

July 6, 1943

Location

Newbury, Orange, Vermont

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Vermont

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-American

Branch of service

U.S. Army

Service Unit

Women's Army Corps.

Dates of service

1961-1963

Date of entry

1961

Service entry

Enlisted

Location of Service

Fort Belvoir, Virginia

Entry Rank

E-1 Private

Names

Joseph Edgar Wheeler; Geraldine Mary Brown

Locations

Newbury, Vermont; Maine; Fort McClellan Army Base, Anniston, Alabama; Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Florida; Canada; Vietnam

Headings

Women in the Military; Equal Opportunity; Gender Relations

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3242

Recommended Citation

Wheeler Sprague, Phyllis M., "Phyllis Sprague, interviewed by Kristen Frey, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 57.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/57

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