Oral history interview with Betty Andujar, 1979 September 6.

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Oral history interview with Betty Andujar, 1979 September 6.

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Interview with Betty Andujar, a Republican member of the Texas Senate from Fort Worth, concerning her experiences and personal views as a member of the Sixty-sixth Texas Legislature. Andujar discusses her biographical information, her personal political philosophy, her decision to enter politics and seek political office, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion and right-to-life, her election to the Texas Senate in 1972, the Women's Caucus, Governors Dolph Briscoe and William Clements, interest rates, consumer legislation, appropriations bill, public school financing, the Peveto bill, and the "Killer Bees."

62 leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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