College professor, community activist. Her experiences concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s. Early organization and social activities; early experiences with discrimination; Denton power structure; desegregation of public facilities; group’s first meeting; tutoring program; desegregation of public schools; political activities; urban renewal; street paving in the African-American section of Denton; evolving nature of the group; lasting impacts.

A follow-up to her earlier recollections concerning the activities of the Denton Christian Women’s Inter-Racial Fellowship during the 1960s and 1970s.

For the Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship Oral History Project. Childhood; interactions with African Americans; educational and professional background; segregation; Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship; Denton desegregation; Civil Rights Movement; experiences in Turkey and oppression of Armenians; African American population and race relations in Denton; political career.