Parents of the Field: Interviews with founding figures of peace and conflict research who laid the cornerstones in the 1950’s and 60's for an academic field of study with practical relevance for addressing all forms of conflict, from interpersonal to international. Project directed by Dr. Christopher Mitchell and Dr. Jannie Botes. ;[This interview took place before the formal start of the “Parents of the Field” project. Hence it is less formally structured and somewhat more discursive that other interviews in the series. Betty Reardon was one of the first women academics to enter and develop the new field of peace education from Teachers College at Columbia University and subsequently throughout the world, providing a strong woman’s voice in a world then dominated by men.