Reminiscences of Marguerite Rawalt : oral history. 1980.

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Reminiscences of Marguerite Rawalt : oral history. 1980.

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Early years in Illinois and Texas; legal education, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., admission to bars in Texas and District of Columbia; tax attorney, Internal Revenue Service, 1933; subsequent government career in Internal Revenue Service: special and trial attorney, chief of Brief Review section 1933-1949, assistant head of Appeals and Civil Divisions 1949-1959, staff assistant 1959-1960, bureau chief 1961--1962, assistant director Refund Litigation Division, 1963-1965; private practice of law in Washington from 1965, specializing in cases involving employment discrimination; president of National Association of Women Lawyers, member House of Delegates of American Bar Association; only woman attorney to serve as national president of Federal Bar Association, 1943-44; leadership in women's rights organizations, particularly the National Organization of Women; membership on National Commission on the Status of Women; chair, Task Force on Family Law, 1961-1969; accounts on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 1976 and the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, in 1977; efforts for ratification of Equal Rights Amendment; activities in many business and professional associations, primarily those emphasizing legal matters and women's rights.

Transcript: 1,097 leaves.Tape: 18 reels.

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