Oral History with Betty Harris

Betty Harris was a teacher at University NOW Day Nursery (UNOW) from 1972–2016. In this conversation with Erika Gilfether, Betty talks about the deep respect she has always felt for the ideas of young children, how vital she found the freedom and independence teachers were given, and how much she valued “helping children figure out how to figure something out.” Reflecting on her 43-year career, Betty offers thoughts on why UNOW was a place where all of that could happen.

Collection

UNOW & Then Collection

Tags

Childhood Early childcare education Family life Feminism National Organization for Women Teaching Philosophy UNOW UNOW & Then Women

Creator

UNOW & Then, a Voices of Princeton partner project

Date

10/02/2019

Rights

This interview is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License. The interviewee retains copyright.

Language

English

Interviewer

Erica Gilfether

Interviewee

Betty Harris

Location

Princeton, NJ
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