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Interview with Ann Neelon, May 4, 2006Part of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project
- Title:
- Interview with Ann Neelon, May 4, 2006
- Creator:
- Angene Wilson; interviewer. Ann Neelon; interviewee.
- Format:
- oral histories
- Publication date:
- 2006
- Date digitized:
- 2012
- Description:
- Ann Neelon (Senegal, 1977-1978; Education Program) talks about coming of age in Boston during the busing crisis and going to Catholic schools and college before joining the Peace Corps. She discusses knowing she needed a different experience in terms of race and became a teacher of English as a foreign language in Senegal. In her interview she describes teaching in Senegal and the impact of Peace Corps on her life, including later marrying a returned Peace Corps volunteer, Richard Parker, and introducing their two sons to the rest of the world. A poetry professor at Murray State University, Ann reads one of her poems at the end of the interview.
- Language:
- english
- Publisher:
- Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries
- Repository:
- University of Kentucky
- Type:
- audio
- Subject:
- Neelon, Ann -- Interviews., Senegal., Peace Corps (U.S.)--Senegal., Peace Corps (U.S.)--History--1970-1979., Education
- Source:
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Project
- Metadata record:
- http://nyx.uky.edu/dips/xt770r9m3p2h/data/mets.xml