OH 0527 | Oral History

OH 0527

Attorney. Her role in the writing and passage of the Texas Family Code. Family background; her education; Rockefeller Grant to National Institute of Public Affairs; career with National Youth Administration; participation in League of Women Voters during World War II; law school at Southern Methodist University; early law career; activities with the Junior Bar; appointment as first woman in Dallas County district attorney’s office; activities with Texas Bar (family Law Council); Equal Rights Amendment; recodification of Family Code; civic activities and awards.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 75 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Gerald Saxon
Date of Interview October 31, 1980

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