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Citizen Advocacy Organizations, 1960-1975
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Title
Citizen Advocacy Organizations, 1960-1975
Collection Guide (External)
Created Date
1984
Published Date
1987
Description
Virna Canson (b. 1921) on fair employment, consumer education, and waging the war on poverty and discrimination in California through the Western Region of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). MARGARETE CONNOLLY (b. 1910) on developing constituency and programs for mentally retarded children. CAROLINE HEINE (b. 1930) and ANITA MILLER (b. 1928) on women's issues, the staff and appointive leadership of the California Commission on the Status of Women. Canson, Virna. ""Waging the War on Poverty and Discrimination in California through the NAACP, 1953-1974."" Connolly, Margarete. ""Speaking Out for Retarded Citizens."" Heine, Carolyn. ""Building a Basis for Change: California's Commission on the Status of Women."" Miller, Anita. ""`The Tide of the Times Was With Us': Women's Issues and the California Commission on the Status of Women.""
Transcript
http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/roho/ucb/text/citizen_advocacy_organizations.pdf
Creators and Contributors
Creator:
Bancroft Library. Oral History Center
Interviewer: Sharp, Sarah L.
Interviewer: Shearer, Julie
Interviewee: Canson, Virna
Interviewee: Connolly, Margarete
Interviewee: Heine, Carolyn Cooper
Interviewee: Miller, Anita
Interviewer: Sharp, Sarah L.
Interviewer: Shearer, Julie
Interviewee: Canson, Virna
Interviewee: Connolly, Margarete
Interviewee: Heine, Carolyn Cooper
Interviewee: Miller, Anita
Language
Media Type
Format
Audio cassette
Extent
11
Tapes
Generation
Original
Copyright Statement
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Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Call Number
Phonotape 1912 C
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 643-4784
Phone: (510) 643-4784
Organization Websites
Link to Internet Archive