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Jane Cease was a Democratic politician who represented Multnomah County in the Oregon Legislature. Papers include include House and Senate bills; testimony and correspondence relating to bills; sponsored Senate bill "Seat Belt Use law."

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Oral history interview with Susheela Jayapal conducted by Sankar Raman on June 21, 2019, for The Immigrant Story. Jayapal discusses her experiences as an Indian American immigrant, and her careers in the financial, legal, and political spheres.

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Oral history interview with Vera Katz conducted by Linda S. Dodds from April 28 to May 19, 1982. From 1973 to 1990, Katz served in the Oregon House of Representatives, and she became the first woman speaker of the house in 1985. She then served as Portland mayor from 1993 to 2005.

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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.

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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.

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Oral history interview with Lori Stegmann conducted by Sankar Raman and Alia Burck on September 7, 2018, for The Immigrant Story. Stegmann was born in South Korea and adopted by an American family through the Oregon-based aoption agency Holt International. She was a Republican politician and served on the Gresham City Council from 2010 to 2016. She was elected as a Multnomah County commissioner in 2016, and she changed her party affiliation to Democratic in 2018.

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Collection assembled by the Oregon Historical Society relating to women in Oregon. Included are postcards with pro- and anti-suffrage images; correspondence; a scrapbook of the League of Women Voters; papers of various women's political groups; and newspaper clippings.

Abstract Jean Young (1904-1992) served on the the King City, Oregon, city council and as mayor of King City. She also was vice-chairwoman of the Multnomah County Republican Party Central Committee and was a delegate to eight Republic national conventions. She was appointed to the Oregon State Wage and Hour Commission in 1947. Collection includes miscellaneous papers relating to Young's career in politics and the Republican Party in Oregon; legislation; correspondence; 1960 Oregon Census; papers...