Martha Thomas Fitzgerald papers, 1925-1981.

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Martha Thomas Fitzgerald papers, 1925-1981.

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Consisting chiefly of biographical information, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, campaign materials, photographs, and specimens of letterhead stationary documenting Martha T. Fitzgerald's service in the S.C. General Assembly and her two unsuccessful runs for U.S. Congress: first, in a special election, Feb. 1962, against Corinne Boyd Riley to fill the unexpired seat of Riley's husband, incumbent Second District Congressman John Jacob Riley, and, second, in the 1965 Democratic primary. Includes 1962 campaign endorsements in support of Martha Fitzgerald issued by Eleanor Powell McKinsey (Mrs. Donald L.), her former secretary at the South Carolina Department of Education; and materials documenting her role as Executive Secretary, South Carolina Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, and involvement in Delta Kappa Gamma Society (a professional honorary society of women educators), Alpha Eta Chapter, including Alpha Eta State Digest, vol. 1, no. 1, Dec. 1958. Broadside, campaign poster, 1962: "For Congress, Martha Thomas Fitzgerald, Democratic Primary, February 13, 1962, Your vote is your weapon against tyranny. Use it to choose your own representative - lose it by letting others choose for you."; portrait studio photograph [1962]; and clipping with biography published in The State, 24 Apr. 1970, identifying her education, many awards, honors, and involvement at state and national level with politics and other interests, including her service as Recording Secretary of the National Executive Board of the National Order of Women Legislators.

61 items (6 folders)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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