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Title
Millburn
,
Ruth
Abstract
Ruth
Millburn
was
active
in
feminist
and
women's
politics
in
Houston
in the
1970s
. She was
involved
first
with the
National
Organization
for
Women
(NOW)
and
later
the
City
Charter
Priorities
Committee
and the
Women's
Political
Caucus
in
which
she
worked
to
get
more
women
elected
to
positions
of
political
power
.
Millburn
and the
Women's
Political
Caucus
succeeded
in
getting
Selma
Wells
, the
first
woman
and
African
American
,
elected
to the
Board
of
Pardons
and
Paroles
of the
State
of
Texas
.
Millburn
also
campaigned
for the
inclusion
of
more
minority
women
on the
caucus
and to
form
more
coalitions
with
other
minority
organizations
. She also
discusses
how the
issues
of
abortion
and the
Equal
Rights
Amended
informed
and
affected
the
work
of the
caucus
at the
time
.
Title-Alternative
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Date of Interview
June 25, 1975
Subjects
Millburn
,
Ruth--Interviews
;
Feminists--Texas--Houston--Interviews
;
Women's
Political
Caucus
in
Harris
County
;
National
Organization
for
Women
;
Oral
histories
Interviewee
Millburn
,
Ruth
Interviewers
Marchiafava
,
Louis
J
.
Original Format
Audio tape
Oral History Number
OH122
Language
English
Ownership Notice
The Houston Public Library retains the literary and publishing rights of its oral histories. No part of the interviews or transcripts may be published without the written permission of the Houston Oral History Project
Coverage-Spatial
Houston
(Tex.)
Length of Interview
01:04:00
Type
Sound; Text
Format
Compound resource consisting of audio recording and transcript.
Format-Medium
Flash Video (FLV); Text
Relation-Is Part Of
HMRC
Oral
History
Collection
Funding provided by
TexTreasures
Grant
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