Lillian Scalzo Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Lillian Scalzo Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Lillian Scalzo Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
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<strong>Lillian</strong> <strong>Scalzo</strong>, February, 1976, <strong>Springfield</strong>, <strong>Illinois</strong>.<br />
Melinda Kwedar, Tntervlewer.<br />
Q: Miss <strong>Scalzo</strong>, I think we'll start at the beginning with your birthdate.<br />
What was the date <strong>of</strong> your birth?<br />
A: April 17, 1900.<br />
Q: Okay, and where were you born?<br />
A: Right in this very room.<br />
Q: In this room? Oh, my gosh.<br />
A: In this very . . . (laughs)<br />
Q: Well, I thought you were born in <strong>Springfield</strong>, but I certainly didn't<br />
realize that it's this exact location. So you were born at home?<br />
A: I was born at home, yes.<br />
Q: Was there a doctor in attendance?<br />
A: Oh yes, there was a doctor in attendance but we had no hospitals<br />
for--just St. John's at that time and they took no births.<br />
Q: Oh, they didn't?<br />
A: Oh, no, not in 1900. So . . . (laughs)<br />
Q: I didn't realize that. When did they . . .<br />
A: They didn't start with births until the <strong>Springfield</strong> Hospital started.<br />
Q: <strong>Springfield</strong> Hospital?<br />
A: Yes, which is now Memorial Hospital [Memorial Medical Center]. And<br />
they were the first ones that took births.<br />
Q: Do you remember about what time that would have been?<br />
A: That would have been about 1911.<br />
Q: I see. So, everybody was born at home.
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