Reminiscences of Anna Lord Strauss : oral history, 1972.

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Reminiscences of Anna Lord Strauss : oral history, 1972.

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Girlhood, New York, N.Y.; CENTURY MAGAZINE; Lucretia Mott and women's suffrage; New York, N.Y. and State League of Women Voters, 1934-43; New York, N.Y. politics; United Aircraft, 1943-44; league positions on Equal Rights Amendment, Tennessee Valley Authority, Civil Service reform, civil rights; Food and Agriculture Organization conference, 1945; National League President, 1944-50; foreign affairs programs; Town Meeting of the Air tour, 1949; atomic energy control; International Alliance of Women; Overseas Education Fund; Freedom Agenda; postwar anti-Communist agitation; President Harry Truman's Commission on Internal Security; United Nations Association; United Nations delegate, 1951-52; Committee for Economic Development; United States Information Agency mission, Africa and Asia; (cont.) women's position, United States and abroad; impressions of colleagues in government and League.

Transcript: 571 leaves.Tape: 18 cassettes.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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