Interview: Grace Mickelson
Description
Grace Mickelson spent several decades in politics and education in SD along with raising 4 children. She credits Toastmasters International with some of her public success and organizational skills as president of the SDEA and a Senator. She takes great pride also in her personal library containing around 2500 items.
Subject
Black Hills State University, Book Collecting, City Council, Education, General George Armstrong Custer, Local History, Politics, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Rapid City, Rapid City Education Association, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City Public Library, Rapid City Teacher's Strike, SDEA (South Dakota Education Association), Senator, South Dakota Legislature, Stratobowl, Toastmasters International
Creator
Rapid City Oral History Project
Date
2015-07-09
Contributor
Rapid City Public Library
Historic Rapid City
Coverage
Rapid City, (S.D.)
Interviewee
Grace Mickelson
Interviewer
Bev Pechan and Kim Morey
Location
Rapid City
Files
- Date Added
- May 19, 2021
- Collection
- Interviews
- Item Type
- Oral History
- Tags
- Black Hills State University, Book Collecting, City Council, Education, General George Armstrong Custer, Local History, Politics, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Rapid City, Rapid City Education Association, Rapid City Journal, Rapid City Public Library, Rapid City Teachers' Strike, SDEA, South Dakota Education Associati, South Dakota Legislature, Stratobowl, Toastmasters International
- Citation
- Rapid City Oral History Project, “Interview: Grace Mickelson,” Rapid City Oral History, accessed May 4, 2024, https://rcploralhistory.omeka.net/items/show/25.