Ella T. Grasso Papers, 1919-1981 (1970-1974).

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Ella T. Grasso Papers, 1919-1981 (1970-1974).

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Grasso, Ella Rosa Giovanna Oliva Tambussi, 1919-1981; Politician. Mount Holyoke College graduate, 1940 (M.A. 1942). Papers consist of legislative files, correspondence, Connecticut State Files, personnel files, speeches and other writings, campaign material, articles, sketches, clippings, biographical materials, audio cassettes, and photographs primarily documenting her work as a member of the United States House of Representatives in Congress (1970-1974) and her prior and subsequent political career in Connecticut. Includes documents reflecting Grasso's service in Congress on the Education and Labor Committee and the Veterans' Affairs Committee and correspondence with constituents. Topics discussed in these papers include gas prices and fuel shortages, birth control and abortion, regulations concerning food stamps, the impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon, and the Vietnam War. Correspondents include Grasso's husband, Thomas Grasso, Mount Holyoke College political science professor Victoria Schuck, members of Congress and other United States government officials, and Connecticut politicians.

215 boxes (108 linear ft.)

Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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Mount Holyoke College, Williston & Miles-Smith Library

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