Records, 1967-1978 (bulks 1974-1978).

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Records, 1967-1978 (bulks 1974-1978).

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Includes correspondence, general files, legislative material, and printed material. These involve letters to legislators, speakers and local media such as Lloyd Bentsen, Alice Paul, Jimmy Carty, Joan Roberts, Edna Gott, Augustus F. Hawkins, George Mahon, Elmer L. Tarbox, James E. Laney, Kent Hance, Bill Clayton, Wayne Peveto, Froy Salinas, Parren Mitchell, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Joe Robbins, Shirely Wright, Michael Essell, Cloris Miller, Bob Vale, Sue McBee, Felix McDonald, and Naphtali DeLeon. Also contains copies of newsletters from other chapters in Texas and other states. These newsletters reflect specific concerns. General files and printed material bulks 1974-1978. Provides insight into history and activies of the group, such as identifying women's rights issues.

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