South Bay second wave feminist oral history project , 2006-2010 (bulk 2006).

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South Bay second wave feminist oral history project , 2006-2010 (bulk 2006).

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The South Bay Second Wave Feminist Oral History Project was funded by a California State University research grant from 2005-2006. This oral history project resulted in thirteen digital recordings and complete transcriptions documenting the experiences of women in politics in San José, California and Santa Clara County. These pioneering women worked directly and indirectly for equal rights and equal participation in the political process. Some of them played a key role as the first recognized political figures in San José and the larger Bay Area, while others worked as activists and lobbyists for the Equal Rights Amendment, the environment, and civil rights, including outlawing marital and date rape, and reproductive rights. Each narrator was asked to reflect on her political and social experiences from the 1960s to the present, with the objective to document women's experience through the political process, as politicians, and as non-governmental lobbyists and activists. This project provides a deeper understanding of the important role that women have played in Bay Area politics, and will advance historical understanding of the important events, activities, and resulting policies that transformed the political landscape and opened up new opportunities for women, despite the failure to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. The South Bay Second Wave Feminist Oral History Project, 2006-2010 (bulk 2006), consists of thirteen digital recordings on CD-ROMs and complete transcriptions documenting the experiences of women in politics in San José and Santa Clara County. The interviewees include: Blanca Alvarado, Joan Goddard, Susan Hammer, Janet Gray Hayes, Linda J. LeZotte, Dianne McKenna, Madison Nguyen, Sally Reed, Lu Ryden, Leona Egeland Siadek, Lee Sturtevant, Susanne Wilson, and Zoe Lofgren. This collection is arranged into a single series: Series I. South Bay second wave feminist oral history project, 2006-2010 (bulk 2006).

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San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives

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Organizational History In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established an evening school for current and prospective teachers in the city. The school became know as the Minns' Evening Normal School, named after the principal, Washington Minns. In 1862, the California State Legislature formally established Minns' school as the first California State Normal School. The school remained in San Francisco until the California State Legisla...

San José State University.

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In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established Minns' Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers in the city. Named after its principal, George W. Minns, the institution was formally established as the first California State Normal School by the State Legislature in 1862. A decade later, the Legislature voted to move the Normal School to San José, and the school relocated to its new home on Washington Square prior to the fall term of 1872. After a fire des...

Nguyen, Madison,

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Alvarado, Blanca Estela

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Reed, Sally D.

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Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-

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Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren (born December 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she currently serves as a U.S. Representative from California. Her district was numbered the 16th district from 1995 to 2013; since 2013, it has been numbered the 19th district. Born in San Mateo, California, Lofgren attended Gunn High School in Palo Alto, graduating in 1966 before attending Stanford University, where she earned a B.A. in 1970, and Santa Clara University ...

Moon, Danelle

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Ryden, Lu,

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LeZotte, Linda J.,

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Hayes, Janet Gray,

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Janet Gray (Frazee) Hayes was born in 1926 in Rushville, Indiana, the second of two daughters born to John P. Frazee, Jr. and Lucile Charman Gray Frazee. In 1948, she graduated magna cum laude with a A.B. in Liberal Arts. After graduation, she received a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago, where she graduated with a master's degree in Social Service Administration, again magna cum laude. While attending graduate school she met Kenneth Hayes, a medical student, and in 19...

Goddard, Joan

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Hammer, Susanne

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Susan Walker Hammer was born in Altadena, California in 1938. She spent her childhood in neighboring Monrovia, where she lived in a house built by her grandparents. Her father, Jim Walker, managed an insurance agency he co-owned with Hammer's maternal grandmother, Prairie Krutzch. Hammer's mother, Katrine Walker, was a stay-at-home mother and community activist. Hammer, an honor student and avid tennis player, attended Santa Barbara College, which later became UC Santa Barbara, but ...

Wilson, Susanne,

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Sturtevant, Lee,

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McKenna, Dianne,

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Siadek, Leona Egeland,

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