Frances Feldman interview, 1997

Feldman, Frances Lomas - Transcript Oral History Interview - CSWA ❧ Frances Lomas Feldman Interview #2. Interviewed by Emilie Stoltzfus. Dates of interview: 6-21/28-97. No cassette tapes. Length of interview: undetermined. Transcript of interview: 40 pp. (2 copies). INTERVIEW TOPICS: Child care facilities in LA during World War II; entrance into profession of social work; Homemaker Service; work with county (Child Care Coordinating Committee); struggle between social welfare groups and education groups over childcare and supervision; Katherine Oettinger; Catholic opposition to Child Care Coordinating Committee; beginnings at USC; lobbying for child care program; groups in support of childcare centers; development of childcare centers; Feldman's own childcare for her daughter; attitudes towards working women; standard budgets; segregation and integration of child welfare institutions; work with State Relief Administration; work with county; Aid to Dependent Children; controversies over childcare centers; attitudes towards childcare by such agencies as Dept. of Education and social welfare agencies; community mental health; Martha Branscombe of U.S. Children's Bureau; childcare for migrant workers. ❧ ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: 1. Curriculum Vitae. 2. 1 diskette of transcript of interview. 3. Photocopies of newspaper articles re research of Frances Feldman. 4. Carol Tucker, "Mending and Tending the Safety Net," University of Southern California Chronicle vol. 15, no. 20 (12 February 1996), 1, 6-7. 5. 1 photograph of Frances Lomas Feldman. 6. Program of "Tenth Annual Academic Honors Convocations, University of Southern California," 12 March 1991. 7. 1 8x 10 in. photograph of staff at Belvedere, including Frances Lomas Feldman. 8. Statement by Frances Lomas Feldman before Hearing on Welfare, California State Legislature