Meta Kaplan Buttnick -€“ 31-May-2001 - Weaving Women'€™s Words

About this film

Oral historian Pamela Brown Lavitt interviewed Meta Buttnick on May 31, June 20, and July 17, 2001 in Seattle, Washington as part of the Jewish Women's Archive "Weaving Women's Words" project. Born in Fairbanks, Alaska in 1913 to Irish émigré parents, Meta grew up among "living libraries," men who told stories of their lives on Alaska's frontier. Educated in Dublin and Paris, she moved to Seattle in 1939 with her husband, Harry, where they raised three children. Meta became active in Seattle's Orthodox community, and soon, she began compiling the oral and written histories of Seattle's Jewish people and institutions. The Jewish Archives at the University of Washington-thanks in large measure to Meta-now houses many of these histories, including Meta's own wonderful story among them. Meta Buttnick photo: Credit Joan Roth. Joan Roth's website In the early 2000s, the Jewish Women's Archive conducted oral history interviews with 30 Jewish women living in Baltimore and another 30 in Seattle. Born in the early decades of the 20th century, these women lived through decades of political, social, and economic upheaval, as well as dramatic changes in expectations and opportunities for women.…

Directors & creators

Jewish Women'€™s Archive

Subjects

Orthodox; Oral Histories; Archives; Storytelling

View on archive.org ↗