Amber Wallin Anderson oral history interview, 1977 Dec. 27.

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Amber Wallin Anderson oral history interview, 1977 Dec. 27.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Amber Wallin Anderson on December 27, 1977 in which she discusses her early law career; women in law; Margaret Hills Fairleigh; county unit case, 1947; Anderson's work arrangement with Helen Douglas Mankin; personal relationship with Mankin; Mankin's politics; Mankin's death, birthdate; Mankin's efforts to control others' lives; Mankin's affection for Guy Mankin Jr. and Hamilton Douglas; Mankin's approach to legal profession; Mankin's ability to handle money; relationship between Guy Mankin Sr. and Helen Mankin; Mankin's ambitions; Mankin's relationship with Guy Mankin Jr.; Mankin's anti-Catholicism; Mankin's relationship with Hamilton Douglas Jr.; Mankin's personality; Mankin's relationship with siblings; Mankin's appearance; travels; interest in Israel; and Mankin's anger at Margaret Fairleigh.

4 audiotapes ; cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403195

Georgia State University

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Mankin, Guy Mark, 1896-1957

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When Guy Mark Mankin was born on 11 September 1896, in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, his father, William Armour Mankin, was 28 and his mother, Elisabeth Guy Blake, was 22. He married Leona Gertrude Davis in 1918, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1929 and lived in District 722, Fulton, Georgia, United States in 1940 and Fulton, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1957. He died...

Fairleigh, Margaret Hills.

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Bryant, Curtis.

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Mankin, Helen Douglas, 1896-1956

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Helen Douglas Mankin (September 11, 1896 – July 25, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician. She was the second woman to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives, serving from February 1946 to January 1947. Born Helen Douglas in Atlanta, she attended public and private schools there before attending Rockford College in Rockford, Illinois, where she graduated with an A.B. in 1917. After serving as a civilian ambulasnce driver in a Red Cross unit attached to the Frenc...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Douglas, Hamilton, b. 1888.

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Spritzer, Lorraine Nelson

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Smith, William Randolph.

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Douglas, Hamilton, 1858-1922.

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Anderson, Amber Wallin,

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Amber Wallin Anderson, secretary, legal partner, and close personal friend of Helen Mankin. From the description of Amber Wallin Anderson oral history interview, 1977 Dec. 27. (Georgia State University). WorldCat record id: 38476342 ...