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Women legislators -- Oregon

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Norma Paulus

 Collection
Identifier: SR9065
Abstract

Oral history interview with Norma Paulus conducted by Linda S. Dodds on January 14, 1982. Paulus was a state legislator, Oregon secretary of state, and superintendent of public instruction.

Dates: 1982 January 14

Grace Olivier Peck papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2503
Abstract Collection consists of materials relating to Grace Olivier Peck (1898-1979), her political career, and other activities, as well as some papers relating to other members of her family. Peck served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1949 and again from 1957 through 1976. Materials relating to Peck include correspondence; minutes, letters, and other papers of organizations with which she was involved; and scrapbooks concerning her legislative career. The collection also...
Dates: 1914-1977

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts

 Collection
Identifier: SR1126
Abstract

Oral history interview with Judge Betty Roberts conducted by Clark Hansen as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Roberts was an Oregon Court of Appeals judge and state Supreme Court justice.

Dates: 1992 March 24-1994 September 19

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts

 Collection
Identifier: SR9066
Abstract

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts conducted by Linda S. Dodds from October 29 to November 14, 1980. Roberts served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1965 to 1968, and in the Oregon Senate from 1969 to 1977.

Dates: 1980 October 29-November 14

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts

 Collection
Identifier: SR 11146
Abstract

Oral history interview with Betty Roberts conducted by Katherine Huff O'Neil from October 24, 2005, to February 27, 2007, as part of the Women Trailblazers series of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Roberts was an Oregon state representative, a state senator, a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, and a state Supreme Court justice.

Dates: 2005 October 24-2007 February 26

Oral history interview with Vern B. Ryles

 Collection
Identifier: SR 2048
Abstract

Oral history interview with Vern B. Ryles conducted by Michael O'Rourke from June 2, 1994-February 23, 1995. Ryles discusses his work to provide services to people experiencing homelessness in Portland, Oregon, during the 1980s, and about the political career of his wife, Nancy Ryles.

Dates: 1994 June 2-1995 February 23

Photographs of and letter to Effie Simmons

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 940
Abstract

Three portrait photographs of Effie Simmons (1874-1961), and a letter to Simmons from Myrtle A. Johnson (1875-1935). Simmons was a member of the Portland Woman's Club, a regional director for the League of Women Voters, and the first woman to represent Multnomah County in the Oregon Legislature.

Dates: circa 1920-1930

Oral history interview with Vince Whiting

 Collection
Identifier: SR1092
Abstract

Oral history interview with Vince Whiting conducted by Kim L. Andrews from July 1 to December 2, 2019. Whiting speaks about his wife, Pat Whiting, who was the first Filipina to be elected to the Oregon State Legislature.

Dates: 2019 July 1-December 2