Interview with Karen Penington

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Title

Interview with Karen Penington

Description

Karen Penington (née Worley) lived with her family in employee housing at the Nebraska State Hospital for Tuberculosis beginning in the late 1940s. Her mother and both grandmothers worked as hospital staff. One grandmother, Fern Worley, served as head matron for nearly 30 years.

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Will Stoutamire

Interviewee

Karen Penington

Location

G.W. Frank Museum of History and Culture

Citation

“Interview with Karen Penington,” Museums and Material Culture (Fall 2023), accessed October 2, 2024, https://mail.unkpublichistory.reclaim.hosting/items/show/334.