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America Works

America Works

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Features the voices of contemporary workers from throughout the United States talking about their lives, their workplaces, and their on-the-job experiences. Drawn from hundreds of longer oral history interviews collected by fieldworkers for the American Folklife Center's Occupational Folklife Project (OFP), America Works is a testament to the wisdom, wit, knowledge, and dedication of today's working Americans. These engaging oral histories, which have are preserved in the American Folklife Center's archive, are enriching and expanding America's historical record. Ciencias Sociales
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  • Peg Rauschenberger. Psychiatric Nurse. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Peg Rauschenberger. Psychiatric Nurse. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
    Mar 12 2026

    Peg Rauschenberger, a psychiatric nurse and faculty member at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, talks with folklorist Charitie Hyman about the rewards and challenges of her job as mental health worker for Hyman’s Occupational Folklife Project documenting 20 psychiatric nurses throughout the Bager State.
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    6 m
  • Robert O’Keffe. Veteran Administration Nurse. Willington, Delaware.

    Robert O’Keffe. Veteran Administration Nurse. Willington, Delaware.
    Mar 5 2026

    Robert O’Keffe, a nurse and former Marine, talks about how his experiences and dedication led to his current career in a Veterans Health Administration hospital. He was interviewed in Wilmington, Delaware, during the Covid epidemic by oral historian Alana Glaser for her Occupational Folklife Project on “Nursing America’s Veterans.”
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    6 m
  • Carrington Doolittle Pertalion. Certified Nurse Midwife. Boone, North Carolina.

    Carrington Doolittle Pertalion. Certified Nurse Midwife. Boone, North Carolina.
    Feb 26 2026

    Carrington Doolittle Pertalion, a Certified Nurse Midwife from Boone, North Carolina, tells folklorist Josephine McRobbie how she transitioned from working as in commercial fishing to midwifery and the challenges and rewards of her careers during an interview for McRobbie’s Occupational Folklife Project on “Midwives, Doulas and Birth Workers in North Carolina.”
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    6 m
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