Estelle Gaines Wood oral history interview, 1978 Feb. 5.

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Estelle Gaines Wood oral history interview, 1978 Feb. 5.

The collection consists of an oral history interview with Estelle Gaines Wood on February 5, 1978 in which she discusses women at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution during WW II; Helen Douglas Mankin at "radical" social gathering; Josephine Wilkins; attempt to frame Mankin before grand jury; Mankin and Wood become friends; Mankin's personality and campaign skills; cross burnings in Atlanta; attempt to destroy ballots; Mankin's campaign headquarters and secret office; Martin Luther King Jr.; Grace Towns Hamilton; Helen Bullard; efforts to defeat Mankin; black vote; James Mackay; Washington, D.C.; Mankin's eye problems; Mankin's mail; problems for female legislators, assistants, and lobbyists; Walter George; Harry Truman; Congress delays decision on Mankin's election; Mankin's death; 1946 election; and Mankin's supporters.

1 audiotape ; cassette.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403276

Georgia State University

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