Transitional Life of Viola

“Oral History”—An “Oral Testimony”

This is the story of the transition of Viola, a real oral narrative as the human subject research. The oral history of the authors project/dissertation for fall 2003 took place in the form of a book. The author collected the oral testimony of Viola through an interview method in the field studies strategy as an investigator. Since it was a research project, the author has added some more written materials to reshape the text into a book form. This book reflects the new concept of work for a female minoritys oral narrative that is associated with the current issues of all categories of women such as Native Americans, blacks, white working classes, Latinas, Asians, Mexicans, Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Buddhists, Hindus, and all others. It also explores all areas of social sciences that impacted on Violas social, economical, and political ideas on one hand and gender, race, ethnic, and culture on the other hand. The basic interests of oral history are for the womens liberation movements, womens politics, and womens experiences in the United States and in the world. Eventually, Viola sustained herself in the diverse country like America that was found through her oral testimony. The field workers like feminists asserted that the new concept of work should be preserved in the social context for the historical interpretation of humanitarian reforms. It is a product of the feminists.