| Title: |
Reminiscences of Fay Bennet Watts
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP91-A1
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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: |
Helen Gahagan Douglas Project
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| Description: |
Executive Secretary of National Sharecroppers Fund, 1951; work with southern farmers, 1930s-1950s; National Advisory Committee on Farm Labor (NACFL), 1958; Helen Gahagan Douglas interest in migrant workers; NACFLs membership and activities: lobbies for protective legislation for farm workers, abolition of Public Law #78, 1966; NACFLs disbandment, 1966; other farm labor organizations; attitudes towards womens roles in social movements, 1950s versus 1970s.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 42 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact Bancroft Library for information. Original oral history held by: Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.
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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: |
Watts, Fay Bennet
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker occupation: |
Lobbyist
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| Document date: |
1976
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| Interviewer: |
Fry, Amelia R.
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Agricultural laborers; Agricultural laws and legislation; Agriculture and politics; Lobbyists; Migrant agricultural laborers; Oral history; Women volunteers in social service
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1901-1980; Watts, Fay Bennet
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021234-16673
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