Women as Change Agents Oral History Collection

OralHistoryResource

Women as Change Agents Oral History Collection

2015-2018

The Women as Change Agents Oral History Collectionconsists oforal history interviews conducted by Dr. Blanche Touhill with St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents who have established themselves as leaders during periods of great change such as the civil rights and women’s movements and Vietnam War demonstrations. The collection documents the interviewee’s personal and professional lives and how they established themselves as successful, enterprising women leaders in the St. Louis region. These materials include DVD recordings of the interviews, as well as accompanying transcripts. The interviews date from 2015 to the present.

7.5 cubic feet (226 folders, 150 HDV tapes, 207 DVDs)

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Carnahan, Jean, 1933-

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Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer who was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States Senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been posthumously elected, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate. Born Jean Anne Carpenter in Washington, D.C., to a working-class family, Carnahan was determi...