Transcription of Martha Peterson

Interview Information

Interview #246: Martha Peterson (1916- )
Dean of Women
At UW: 1956-67

Second Interview of Two
Interviewed: 1996
Length: 1-1/4 hours
Interviewer: Barry Teicher

Transcription

Tape 4/Side 2, 192- :

Comparing men and women in the years I was here at Wisconsin, it always seemed to me that professors were--leaned over backwards to help [women], the majority of the professors. There were a few who didn't think that a woman should be doing this or that or the next thing, but most of them leaned over backwards and were particularly proud when a woman would do well. I thought there was great academic support for women.

We had all kinds of customs and regulations that meant women could not do some of the things that men could do and were, I think, censored more for it in their dormitories and in their sororities and so on. There were limits on them, but as far as their progress on the campus, young women had every opportunity and were encouraged to do what they could do.

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