Name
Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979 (Interviewee)
Gellhorn, Kitty (Interviewer)
Title
Reminiscences of Anna Lord Strauss, 1972-1973
Abstract
Girlhood, New York, N.Y.; CENTURY MAGAZINE; Lucretia Mott and women's suffrage; New York, N.Y. and State League of Women Voters, 1934-43; New York, N.Y. politics; United Aircraft, 1943-44; league positions on Equal Rights Amendment, Tennessee Valley Authority, Civil Service reform, civil rights; Food and Agriculture Organization conference, 1945; National League President, 1944-50; foreign affairs programs; Town Meeting of the Air tour, 1949; atomic energy control; International Alliance of Women; Overseas Education Fund; Freedom Agenda; postwar anti-Communist agitation; President Harry Truman's Commission on Internal Security; United Nations Association; United Nations delegate, 1951-52; Committee for Economic Development; United States Information Agency mission, Africa and Asia; women's position, United States and abroad; impressions of colleagues in government and League. Transcript and audio vary slightly. There is no extant audio for the first two sessions, and there is an additional session from February 14, 1973 that was not transcribed and is audio-only
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Civil rights workers; Women's rights; Internal security; International agencies; Civil rights; United States Foreign relations 20th century; United States Politics and government 20th century; Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979; United Nations; League of Women Voters (U.S.); United States Information Agency
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1972-1973
Physical Description
571 pages
Note (Biographical)
Civic leader
Note
Interviewed by Kitty Gellhorn
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
15311532
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ghx7-9n72
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.