Nancy Hickman’s oral history interview focuses on her experiences growing up in Mississippi in a sharecropping family. Hickman describes a culture of integrated socializing between Black and white children in Mississippi. She also recollects her move to Des Moines, Iowa, where she worked as a housekeeper. While raising three children, she worked full days at multiple houses each week. Hickman recalls cordial relationships with many of the women she worked for, including sharing meals, watching television together, and talking about their personal lives. She says she was treated with respect by all of the families she worked for.