Hilda Tagle Papers 1946-2003

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Hilda Tagle Papers 1946-2003

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Hilda Tagle became the first Hispanic female federal judge in Texas upon her appointment in 1998 to the U.S. Southern District of Texas, Brownsville. This collection consists primarily of material collected during the years (1977-1998) she was in Corpus Christi leading up to that appointment and includes correspondence, subject files, printed and audio/visual material.

Texas Woman's University, the Woman's Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6641400

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Ortiz, Solomon P. (Solomon Porfirio), 1938-

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Solomon Porfirio Ortiz (born June 3, 1937) is an American politcian. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 27th congressional district, based in Corpus Christi, from 1983 until 2011. Born in Robstown, Texas, he left Robstown Public High School to work as a printer’s aide at the Robstown Record. In 1960 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and earned his general equivalency degree. The military sent Ortiz to France, where he learned the language and worked ...

Tagle, Hilda Gloria, 1946-

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