Collection
COPS/Metro
Contributor
Neal, Sarah; Nealon, Rita
Publication Date
2024
Description
Sister Rita talks about the horrible conditions of the roads on the Westside of San Antonio back in the 1970 and how they were much better when she came back to San Antonio in the1990. Sister Rita tells a story of two girls who were very poor and had to walk home in 18 inches of water because of flooding and how their house door was made of particle board. Sister Rita also talked about how proud she was of the kids who became teachers and nurses despite their poor living conditions and parents being immigrants or not speaking english. Some sections of the interview are inaudible.
Biography
Sister Rita Nealon was born in Ireland, became a nun with the Sister of the Holy Spirit and eventually ended up teaching at a Catholic school on the Westside of San Antonio in the 1970s. She left to teach in Mexico in the 1980s and came back to San Antonio in the 1990s to teach on the westside.
Keywords
Flooding; bad roads; flooding; poor housing; education; disease; improvements; education
Format
MP3, PDF
Disciplines
Oral History | Social Justice
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Neal, Sarah, "COPS/Metro Alliance - StMU Oral Histories with Sister Rita Nealon" (2024). COPS/Metro. 8.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/copsmetro/8
