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Barbara Mae Jacobs, née Barrow, was born in Oak Park, Illinois, in 1926. She came to Indiana University in 1944 and graduated in 1948. She describes her education in home economics, her short career in education, and her family life in Cleveland, Ohio. She also describes her work on the board of the Indiana University Foundation, its fundraising efforts, and university funding in general. She also reflects on the greater role women have taken in politics and other areas of the public arena.

Georgette Mosbacher was born January 16, 1947 in Hammond, Indiana. She attended Indiana University from 1965-1969 graduating with a degree in radio and television. After college, she moved back to Highland, IN before moving to California to start a career as an entrepreneur. Finding success in her business, she went on to become an author and political advisor serving on the Republican Party Executive Council and the Advisory Commission on Trade and International Negotiations under President George Bush and President Bill Clinton. She discusses her experience as a student and her time on the Indiana University Foundation Board.