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South Bay Second Wave Feminist Oral History Project
MSS.2006.06.30  
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Series I. Recordings and Transcriptions

Series Scope and Content Summary

Series I consists of fourteen digital recordings and thirteen transcriptions documenting the experiences of women in politics in San Jose and Santa Clara County. The interviewees include: Blanca Alvarado, Joan Goddard, Susan Hammer, Janet Gray Hayes, Linda J. LeZotte, Zoe Lofgren, Dianne McKenna, Madison Nguyen, Karen Offen, Sally Reed, Lu Ryden, Leona Egeland Siadek, Lee Sturtevant, and Susanne Wilson. All of the interviews took place at the homes or offices of the interviewees, and the interviews of Susanne Wilson took place over the course of the Summer of 2006. Of those interviewed, Blanco Alvarado, Susan Hammer, Janet Gray Hayes, Linda J. LeZotte, Dianne McKenna, Maidson Nguygen, Lu Ryden, Susanne Wilson, and Zoe Lofgren were elected officials in local government, and Lofgren is currently a member of Congress. Leona Egeland Siadek was elected to the California State Assembly, serving between 1974-1980, and Sally Reed served as the Assistant City Manger of San Jose and went on to become the Santa Clara County Board Executive. Joan Goddard was a labor activist and librarian, while Lee Sturtevant, a labor activist, worked behind the scenes in the local democratic party in San José.

Arrangement

This series is arranged alphabetically by interviewee last name.
Box 1, Folder 1

Alvarado, Blanca: Interview #1 August 24, 2006

Box 1, Folder 2

Alvarado, Blanca: Interview #2 October 6,2006

Box 1, Folder 3

Egeland Siadek, Leona: Interview January 25,2007

Box 1, Folder 4

Goddard, Joan: Interview November 14, 2006

Box 1, Folder 5

Hammer, Susan: Interview July 11, 2006

Box 1, Folder 6

Hayes, Janet Gray: Interview April 12, 2006

Box 1, Folder 7

LeZotte, Linda J.: Interview June 26, 2006

Box 1, Folder 8

Lofgren, Zoe: Interview April 19, 2010

Box 2, Folder 1

Nguyen, Madison: Interview #1

Box 2, Folder 2

Nguyen, Madison: Interview #2 December 18, 2008

Box 2, Folder 3

McKenna, Dianne: Interview April 5, 2006

Box 2, Folder 4

Offen, Karen: Interview

Box 2, Folder 5

Reed, Sally: Interview January 13, 2007

Box 2, Folder 6

Ryden, Lu: Interview April 17, 2006

Box 2, Folder 7

Sturtevant, Lee: Interview June 27, 2006

Box 3, Folder 1

Wilson, Susanne: Interviews #1 and #2 April 10, 2006 and June 22, 2006

Box 3, Folder 2

Wilson, Susanne: Interview #3 July 5, 2006

Box 3, Folder 3

Wilson, Susanne: Interview #4 July 27, 2006

Box 3, Folder 4

Wilson, Susanne: Interview #5 August 7, 2006

Box 3, Folder 5

Wilson, Susanne: Interview #6 August 14, 2006

Box 3, Folder 6

Wilson, Susanne: Interview #7 October 19, 2006

 

Series II. Interviewee Documentation and Research

Scope and Contents

Series II includes interviewee documentation and research on the development of the project such as research files, oral release forms and other supporting documentation required by the Human Subjects-Institutional Review Board at SJSU. This series is arranged alphabetically by last name of the interviewee.
Box 4, Folder 1

Alvarado, Blanca.

Box 4, Folder 2

Boneparth, Ellen.

Box 4, Folder 3

Egeland Stadek, Leona.

Box 4, Folder 4

Gluck, Sherna.

Box 4, Folder 5

Goddard, Joan.

Box 4, Folder 6

Goddard, Joan.

Box 4, Folder 7

Hammer, Susanne.

Box 4, Folder 8

Hayes, Janet Gray.

Box 4, Folder 9

Hayes, Janet Gray: 1974-1978.

Box 4, Folder 10

LeZotte, Linda J.

Box 4, Folder 11

Lofgren, Zoe

Box 4, Folder 12

McKenna, Dianne: Oral History Release.

Box 4, Folder 13

McKenna, Dianne: Research and Donor Agreement.

Box 4, Folder 14

Morgan, Becky.

Box 4, Folder 15

Nguyen, Madison.

Box 4, Folder 16

Offen, Karen.

Box 4, Folder 17

Reed, Sally.

Box 4, Folder 18

Reed, Sally.

Box 4, Folder 19

Ryden, Lu.

Box 4, Folder 20

Sturtevant, Lee (Leisa).

Box 4, Folder 21

Wilson, Susanne.

Box 4, Folder 22

Wilson, Susanne: Scrapbook 1973-1977.

Box 4, Folder 23

Project Papers