| Title: |
Christine S. McCreary
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
U.S. Congress. Senate. Historical Office
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| Collection: |
Senate Oral History Project
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| Description: |
In her 45 years of service on Capitol Hill, Christine McCreary saw great changes in both the Senate and in Washington, D.C. She left Bethune-Cookman College to come to the capital as a secretary during World War II. While working in the Federal Security Administration typing pool, she was called to take dictation for the chairman of the National Security Board, Stuart Symington. Symington was impressed with her work and invited her to join his staff when he became director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and when he was elected to the Senate as a Missouri Democrat in 1952. McCreary was one of the first African American staff members to challenge the de facto segregation that existed by dining regularly in the staff cafeterias. Remaining with Senator Symington until his retirement, she then joined the staff of Ohio Senator John Glenn.
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| Extent: |
19 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/McCreary_interview.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
1926 to 1998
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| Speaker: |
McCreary, Christine S., 1926-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1926
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| Speaker place of birth: |
New York, NY - Manhattan; New York; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Administrative assistant; Secretary
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document date: |
19-May-1998
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| Interviewer: |
Ritchie, Donald A.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Congress. Senate
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| Locations discussed: |
District of Columbia; Florida; New York; New York, NY - Manhattan; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African Americans; African Americans--Segregation; District of Columbia; Education; Family; Florida; New York; New York, NY - Manhattan; North America; Oral history; Political science--United States; U.S. Congress. Senate; United States; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government; Work; Work environment
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
U.S. Capital
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0022066-22970
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