Green, Edith, 1910-1987
Dates
- Existence: 1910 - 1987
Biography
Edith Louise Starett Green was born in South Dakota in 1910. Her family moved to Oregon in 1916. She attended Willamette University for two years, but was unable to graduate due to financial hardship. She completed her degree at the University of Oregon in 1939. A schoolteacher turned politician, Green actively participated in Democratic Party politics. She represented Oregon’s 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 to 1974. She chaired the Oregon delegation to the Democratic National Conventions in 1960 and 1968. Green served on the Committee on Education and Labor and other House committees, and was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the President's Commission on the Status of Women. She championed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and was instrumental in passing major education legislation, including the National Defense Education Act (1958), the Higher Education Facilities Act (1963), and the Higher Education Acts of 1965 and 1972 that included legislation enforcing gender equality in public education (Title IX). Upon her retirement from Congress, she taught government at Warner Pacific College in Portland. She also served on the Oregon Board of Higher Education. Green died in 1987.
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Vern Cook
Oral history interview with Robert Vernon "Vern" Cook conducted by Clark Hansen from December 15, 1994- October 15, 1995, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Cook was an Oregon state representative and senator.
Oral history interview with Mary E. Eyre
Oral history interview with Mary E. Eyre conducted by Vinita M. Howard from October 6, 1989, to January 12, 1990. Eyre was a high school political science teacher in Salem, Oregon.
Oral history interview with Edith Green
Oral history interview with Edith Green conducted by Cynthia Harrison on December 18, 1978. Green represented Oregon's 3rd District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 to 1974.
Edith Green scrapbook
Scrapbook with clippings, photographs, and ephemera relating to U.S. Representative Edith Green's education and pre-congressional career, with an emphasis on her participation in debate teams while in high school and college. Green (1910-1987) was a congresswoman from 1955 to 1974.
Jack O'Donnell papers
Jack O'Donnell was Multnomah County auditor throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Collection includes a scrapbook, 1950-1972; correspondence from Edith Green and John F. Kennedy; invitations, 1961; Multnomah County Democratic Directory, 1966-1967; and newspaper clippings.
Oral history interview with Ken Rinke
Oral history interview with Ken Rinke conducted by Betsey Ellsworth from August 10-11, 1995, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Rinke was chairman of the Multnomah County Democratic Party.
Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland
Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland conducted by Rick Harmon from November 16, 1984, to October 26, 1987, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Sweetland was an Oregon state representative and senator.
William W. Washburn letters
Typescript letters to William W. Washburn from Edith Green, January 18, 1971, Wendell Wyatt, February 19, 1971, and photocopy typescript letter from Wayne Morse, September 30, 1973, concerning Democratic Party politics, the FDA and the drug dimethyl sulfoxide.