A home economist's perspective on the Berkeley Co-op; interview with Betsy Rannels Wood.

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Descriptive Summary

Title: A home economist's perspective on the Berkeley Co-op; interview with Betsy Rannels Wood.
Dates: 1996
Collection Number: OH--Wood
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 95 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Repository: Berkeley Historical Society
Berkeley, California 94704
Abstract: Oral history interview with Betsy Rannels Wood, conducted by Therese Pipe in August 1988.
Language of Material: English

Access

The collection is open for research.

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Copyright is held by the Berkeley Historical Society. Permission to publish should be addressed to the Oral History Committee of the society.

Preferred Citation

A home economist's perspective on the Berkeley Co-op; interview with Betsy Rannels Wood.. Berkeley Historical Society

Scope and Content of Collection

Early life; career track in consumer cooperatives; consumer protection issues; controversy over fluoridation; impact of natural foods movement; Berkeley Co-op philosophy and why it failed.

Indexing Terms

Oral histories