Oral history interview with Florence Shapiro, 1993 August 17.

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Oral history interview with Florence Shapiro, 1993 August 17.

Interview with Florence Shapiro, a state legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1970-1993). Shapiro also discusses her initial involvement in local politics, her election to the Plano, Texas, City Council (1979-1990), her election as mayor of Plano (1990), her election to the Texas Legislature (1992), her views on social and fiscal conservatism and abortion, and the evolution of the Republican Party in Collin County, Texas.

36 leaves ; 29 cm.

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Texas Political History Oral History Project.

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Republican Party (Tex.)

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Strickland, Kristi Throne.

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Shapiro, Florence, 1948-

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Elected to the Texas Senate in 1993, Florence Shapiro has also served as Mayor and City Councilman of Plano and as president of the Texas Municipal League. From the description of Florence Shapiro papers, 1990-2002. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 52337284 ...

Women in the Texas Republican Party Oral History Project.

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