Oral history interview with Sarah Weddington, 1975 July 8.

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Oral history interview with Sarah Weddington, 1975 July 8.

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Interview with Sarah Weddington, an attorney and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from Austin, who discusses her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-fourth Legislature. Weddington discusses her decision to enter politics, her personal political philosophy, the House speakership race, committee appointments, constitutional revision, the Equal Rights Amendment, public school financing, public utilities legislation, her personal legislation, and Governor Dolph Briscoe.

50 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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North Texas State University. Oral History Collection.

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Weddington, Sarah Ragle, 1945-

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Sarah Ragle Weddington was born on February 5, 1945, in Abilene, Texas. She received a B.S. from McMurry College in Abilene in 1965 and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1967. She practiced law in Austin, Texas, from 1967 to 1977, and in 1970 and 1971 she was assistant city attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1973, shortly after completing law school, Weddington worked pro bono to represent a group of women who had established an abortion referral program at the University of Texas...

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Texas State Representative Fred M. Bosse was born on July 18, 1947. He received his BS from Texas A&M University and his JD in 1972 from the University of Houston, Bates College of Law. Bosse was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1990 and served through 2002 as a Democrat from Houston, representing District 128, Harris County (part). While in the House, he served on the following committees: Science and Technology (1991-1992); Natural Resources (1991-1994); Transportation (Vic...