| Title: |
Reminiscences of Constance Cook
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A34
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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: |
Women's History and Population Issues Project
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| Description: |
Education; Cornell Law School; work with Shearman & Sterling, Wall Street, 1943-1949; on Governor Dewey's legal staff, 1949-1951; private practice in Ithaca, 1952: government consulting work, assistant to Assemblyman Ashberry; New York State legislative career, 1962-1974: activities on Health and Education Committees, work on 1970 abortion reform bill and coalition against repeal.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 85 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Original oral history held by: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1976 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Cook, Constance, 1919-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1919
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| Speaker occupation: |
State Assemblywoman
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| Age at speaking: |
57
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| Document date: |
1976
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| Organizations discussed: |
New York. State Legislature
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| Locations discussed: |
New York; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Abortion; Law--United States; Lawyers; Legislators--New York (State); New York; New York (State)--Politics and Government; New York. State Legislature; North America; Oral history; United States; Women in politics; Women lawyers
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Cook, Constance, 1919-; Shearman & Sterling
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0018092-13535
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