Oral History of Jacqueline Venning, interviewed by Elijah Otto, 3 October, 2013
Title
Oral History of Jacqueline Venning, interviewed by Elijah Otto, 3 October, 2013
Description
Venning describes being raised in a Christian family and her experience in private schools, including Sacred Heart Catholic School and Bishop England, where she was educated until eleventh grade. Venning graduated from Burke High School in 1983. Venning recalls her first job as a shampoo girl, which she got in sixth grade and continued to work at through her schooling. After high school, Venning relates how she fell in love and got married. Her husband then joined the military, which relocated them around the world. Venning describes her experience living internationally in Germany, and in Texas and Georgia before returning to Charleston in 1992. Since then, she has been working with Aramark at The Citadel, first serving in the Mess Hall and later serving as a supervisor in the Daniel Library Java City. In her interview, Venning recalls her apprehension of working in The Citadel’s male-only environment. But she states that her fears quickly dissipated and describes the cadets as having always been gentle and respectful with her and her job enjoyable. Venning recounts the many institutional changes she has experienced during her than twenty-plus years working at The Citadel, including the deeply controversial admission of Shannon Faulkner to the school and later the full inclusion of women to the Corps. Venning concludes with how the food industry has changed over the years and the attempts to unionize The Citadel food workers.
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Source
Working Charleston
Publisher
The Citadel Archives & Museum
Date
Rights
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Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/443
Coverage
Charleston (S.C.)
Duration
1 hour, 1 minute
Interviewer
Elijah Otto
Interviewee
Jacqueline Venning
Location
Charleston, South Carolina
Collection
Citation
The Charleston Oral History Program at the Citadel, “Oral History of Jacqueline Venning, interviewed by Elijah Otto, 3 October, 2013,” The Citadel Archives Digital Collections, accessed May 15, 2024, https://citadeldigitalarchives.omeka.net/items/show/443.