Oral history interview with Marʹia Antonietta Berriozʹabal, 1996 [videorecording].

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Oral history interview with Marʹia Antonietta Berriozʹabal, 1996 [videorecording].

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Ms. Berriozʹabal talks about her family history and genealogy (the Arredondos and the Rodrʹiguezes). She gives details about her political activities while employed as a legal secretary to Judge Blair Reeves who supported her involvement with the Chicano movement in South Texas, and her active role in Raza Unida Party politics. Ms. Berriozʹabal tells about her first professional position as Manager of the 1980 Census office in San Antonio. She gives details about the politics involved with census work and census data applications. She elaborates upon the details of her work as a politician including how she organized, managed, and raised funds for her elections. Ms. Berriozʹabal talks candidly about problems she encountered in San Antonio city politics during her term as council member and her unsuccessful bid for mayor. She tells about threats against her life and members of her family for her assertive stance opposing big business led programs such as the Whitewater Project. She laments that some Mexican American politicians used questionable campaign tactics to oppose her during her election bids for mayor. She gives her opinion of former San Antonio mayor, Henry Cisneros, and compares the differences in political styles between the two of them. Ms. Berriozʹabal concludes the interview by stating that she hopes her legacy will be her work with mentoring young Mexican American women in leadership roles.

2 videocassettes (VHS) (3 hr., 29 min.) : col. ; 1/2 in.Transcript : 124 p. ; 28 cm.

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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University of Texas at Arlington, Central Library

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