Oral history interview with Elfida Marquez Gutièrrez, 1996 [videorecording].

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Marquez Gutiérrez, Elfida,. Oral history interview with Elfida Marquez Gutièrrez, 1996 [videorecording].

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Oral history interview with Elfida Marquez Gutièrrez, 1996 [videorecording].

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Abstract

Elfida Marquez Gutiérrez begins with her family's background and her college years. She describes the discrimination she encountered, particularly when living in Lubbock, Texas, and compares her high school years in her hometown to her experiences at college. She talks about the family moving to Socorro and about working in the Socorro Independent School District. She discusses unethical real estate developers, the homes they built in Socorro, and the tactics she learned from the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) to fight for public utilties for their neighborhoods. She notes her involvement in the incorporation of Socorro as a city, its zoning issues, and the election campaigns of Carlos Aguilar and Nacho Padilla. She discusses her appointment and election to the El Paso Community College Board of Trustees and details her election campaign. She refers to the colonia of Montana Vista and cites the W. K. Kellogg Foundation for its assistance there. She relates how the national level of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) lacked Hispanic representation and tells about the work of the national and state levels of the Association of Latino Community College Trustees. She comments on her role as an educator and administrator, talks about state representative Norma Chavez, and mentions such notable Mexican Americans as Barbara Perez, Sergio Lewis, Dan Morales, and Henry Cisneros.

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1 videocassette (VHS) (1 hr., 25 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 43 p. ; 28 cm.

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eng,

spa,

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7333719

University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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