| Title: |
Reminiscences of Marguerite Rawalt
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A124
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Early years in Illinois and Texas; legal education, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., admission to bars in Texas and District of Columbia; tax attorney, Internal Revenue Service, 1933; subsequent government career in Internal Revenue Service: special and trial attorney, chief of Brief Review section 1933-1949, assistant head of Appeals and Civil Divisions 1949-1959, staff assistant 1959-1960, bureau chief 1961--1962, assistant director Refund Litigation Division, 1963-1965; private practice of law in Washington from 1965, specializing in cases involving employment discrimination; president of National Association of Women Lawyers, member House of Delegates of American Bar Association; only woman attorney to serve as national president of Federal Bar Association, 1943-44; leadership in women's rights organizations, particularly the National Organization of Women; membership on National Commission on the Status of Women; chair, Task Force on Family Law, 1961-1969; accounts on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 1976 and the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, in 1977; efforts for ratification of Equal Rights Amendment; activities in many business and professional associations, primarily those emphasizing legal matters and women's rights.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 1,097 leaves, Tape: 18 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1980 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Rawalt, Marguerite
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lawyer
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| Document date: |
1980
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| Interviewer: |
Mason, John T., 1909-
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| Organizations discussed: |
American Bar Association, Washington, DC; National Organization for Women, Washington, DC; U.S. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
American Bar Association, Washington, DC; Equal rights amendments--United States; Feminism--United States; Government executives--United States; Law--United States; Lawyers; National Organization for Women, Washington, DC; North America; Oral history; U.S. Department of the Treasury. Internal Revenue Service; United States; United States--Politics and government--1933-1945; United States--Politics and government--1945-; Women lawyers
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Federal Bar Association; Rawalt, Marguerite; Women--Legal status, laws, etc
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017098-12541
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