COLLECTION
Identifier: MC 362
The political activities of the first generation of fully enfranchised Connecticut women, 1920-1945, oral history transcripts, 1980-1982
Interview transcripts and data sheets with biographical information from Political Women in Connecticut project, sponsored by the Center for Oral History and the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Connecticut.
Dates
- 1980-1982
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the political activities of the first generation of fully enfranchised Connecticut women, 1920-1945, oral history transcripts is held by the Center for Oral History, University of Connecticut.
Copying. Permission to reproduce any parts of these transcripts must be obtained in writing from the director of the Center for Oral History, University of Connecticut.
Copying. Permission to reproduce any parts of these transcripts must be obtained in writing from the director of the Center for Oral History, University of Connecticut.
Extent
.63 linear feet (1+1/2 file boxes)
This collection contains photocopies of all twenty-one transcripts; the originals are in the Historical Manuscripts and Archives Division at the University of Connecticut Library. Each interview describes the interviewee's education, family, and political activities. Each folder also contains data sheets on the interviewee, giving age, place of birth, places of residence, parents' background, occupations, memberships in organizations, and other information.
HISTORY
In 1980-1982, the Center for Oral History and the Women's Studies Program at the University of Connecticut carried on an oral history project, funded by a grant from the Connecticut Humanities Council, on political women in Connecticut. Joyce Pendery and Carole Nichols conducted the twenty-one interviews; Betty Seaver was the transcriber. The project concentrated on women who had been active in political office and/or community service between 1920 and 1945.
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 84-M206
These transcripts of interviews were purchased by the Schlesinger Library in November 1984 from the University of Connecticut through Randall Jimerson, Director of Historical Manuscripts and Archives at the university.
These transcripts of interviews were purchased by the Schlesinger Library in November 1984 from the University of Connecticut through Randall Jimerson, Director of Historical Manuscripts and Archives at the university.
CONTAINER LIST
- Box 1: 1-14
- Box 2: 15-21
- Birth control clinics
- Child labor
- Civil rights
- Connecticut--Politics and government
- Environmental protection
- Industrial engineering
- Lawyers
- Legislators--Connecticut
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Obstetrics
- Older people--Dwellings
- Oral histories
- Sex instruction
- Social service
- Sweatshops
- Tobacco industry
- Transcripts
- United States -- Politics and government--1933-1945
- United States--Politics and government--1919-1933
- Women--Education
- Women--Political activity
- Women--Suffrage
- Title
- University of Connecticut. Center for Oral History. The political activities of the first generation of fully enfranchised Connecticut women, 1920-1945, oral history transcripts, 1980-1982: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- EAD ID
- sch00857
Repository Details
Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository
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