| Title: |
Garcia, Sylvia
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Texas, Arlington. Central Library. Special Collections Department
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| Collection: |
Tejano Voices: University of Texas at Arlington Center for Mexican American Studies Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Ms. García describes the duties of the Houston City Controller's office and compares them to her previous duties as chief judge of the Houston Municipal Court System. She stresses the importance to her success of the mentoring she received from other female political leaders. Ms. García tells of her own and her nine siblings' success n education despite the modest circumstances in which they were raised, and of how her family influenced her attitudes positively about the value of education and hard work. She briefly relates her ideas as to who are the most effective Mexican American political leaders in Texas and the United States, and discusses how politicians' attitudes toward the Mexican American community have been influenced by the rapidly changing Hispanic population demographics in Texas. She expresses her opinions on the relations among Latino groups and between them and blacks, gives background on how and why she became an attorney, and briefly talks about running for other political offices. In closing, she emphasizes the importance of education for today's children.
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| Extent: |
22 pages
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| URL: |
http://libraries.uta.edu/tejanovoices/transcripts/TV_145.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1999 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Garcia, Sylvia, 1950-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1950
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| Speaker place of birth: |
San Diego, TX; Texas; United States; North America
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| Age at speaking: |
49
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| Document location: |
Houston, TX
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| Document date: |
22-Jul-1999
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| Interviewer: |
Gutierrez, Jose Angel
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| Organizations discussed: |
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
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| Locations discussed: |
Houston, TX; North America; San Diego, TX; Texas; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Community; Criminal justice, Administration of--United States; Hispanic American leadership--Texas; Hispanic American politicians; Hispanic American youth; Hispanic Americans; Houston, TX; Judges; Juvenile justice, Administration of; North America; Oral history; Political science; Politicians; San Diego, TX; Texas; Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX; Texas--Politics and government; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0000203-148
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