About the diary writer
- Barbara McDowell Whitt
- Kansas City, Missouri, Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- ~ About: A 1961-65 Park College Diary ~ As a high school girl and then a college coed in the first half of the 1960s, I wrote nightly entries on the pages of one-year diaries. In January 2010 I began transcribing the entries into a blog and gave each one a title. I grew up on three farms within 30 miles of Iowa City and the University of Iowa with its Iowa Writers' Workshop. As the oldest of four daughters, in my diaries I sometimes referred to my sisters as "the kids" or "the girls." We helped our parents, but we also had good, wholesome fun - a characteristic I took with me to Park. Park is 300 miles southwest of West Chester, Iowa, in Parkville, Missouri, on the Missouri River 10 miles northwest of Kansas City, Missouri, and across the river from Kansas City, Kansas. In 2000 Park College became Park University. Today Park's flagship campus is in Parkville and there are an additional 41 campus centers across the nation. Park was one of the first educational institutions in the United States to offer online learning. My last post was on May 22, 2018. I may be followed on Twitter @BarbaraMcDWhitt.
Negro Suffrage - Friday, December 23, 1960
We went to town this afternoon to finish up our Christmas shopping. After I got Ann's present I copied from a book on Negro suffrage while Mom was at the Laundromat so Phyllis could take the book back to the library. It was just as good to to do that, as I think it was the best for my cold rather than being outside. I wrapped up my Christmas presents for the family tonight. One day down and one to go! It's almost Christmas.
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2 comments:
Wow Barbara,
This will keep me going for a while. I feel like a time traveler.Back to the future has nothing.
Pete
Peter, thank you for responding to the comment I left on your blog which I found via Problogger. And thank you for your comment here. On your blog post about commenting on other people's blogs, you and another blogger have written about eagerly awaiting making your next post. I feel the same way.
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