Vera Katz Papers 1973-2004

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Vera Katz Papers 1973-2004

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv52003

This collection includes papers relating to the political career of Vera Katz, who served as an Oregon state representative as well as the Mayor of Portland, Oregon.

20 linear ft.; 17 boxes

eng,

Portland State Library Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6373450

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Katz, Vera.

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Vera Katz was the 45th mayor of Portland, Oregon, serving three terms between 1993 and 2004. Before becoming Mayor she served twenty years in the Oregon House of Representatives and six as the first woman Speaker of the House. A concern for public safety, education, government efficiency, infrastructure development and pragmatism characterized her political career. Vera Katz was born Vera Pistrak on August 3, 1933, in Düsseldorf, Germany. When she was two months old her ...