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Women -- Political activity -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Nettie Rankin Bolland papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2584
Abstract Nettie Rankin Bolland was a graduate of the University of Oregon Law School, a teacher at High School of Commerce (later Cleveland High School) in Portland, Oregon, and president of the Portland High School Teachers Association, the Portland Federation of Women's Organizations, the Republican Women's Club, and the Queen's Bench. Collection includes correspondence, reports, programs, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and memorabilia regarding Bolland's involvement with the Portland Federation...
Dates: 1907-1952

Oral history interview with Becky Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: SR 1115
Abstract Oral history interview with Becky Johnson conducted by Rick Harmon and Jim Strassmaier from June 25, 1986, to March 31, 1993, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Johnson, who was the wife of Oregon State Representative Samuel S. Johnson, discusses her family background; her experiences during the Depression, Prohibition, and in college; her experiences serving with the WAVES during World War II; her husband and his work in the timber industry and as an Oregon legislator;...
Dates: 1986 June 25-1993 March 31