Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Nancy Fahden Collection
- Dates:
- 1982-1993
- Creators:
- Fahden, Nancy
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 30 boxes
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Nancy Fahden Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Background
- Scope and content:
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26 boxes. See finding aid for details.
- Biographical / historical:
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In 1976 Nancy Cardinalli Fahden entered the race for Board of Supervisors when the candidate she was supporting had to drop out of the race and suggested that she run in his place. She did so and became the first woman to be elected to the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, winning 65 percent of the vote in her first-ever venture into politics. She served four terms (16 years), ending in 1992. She was active in controlling refinery pollution, opposed the controversial proposed Marsh Canyon landfill site near Mount Diablo in favor of the Keller Canyon site in Pittsburg, and opposed the proposed annexation of the Franklin Canyon area by the City of Hercules. During her tenure, the waterfront in Martinez became a park thanks in part to her efforts and advocacy. She organized the first public clean-up of the waterfront, where her father had worked as a fisherman when she was a child. Ultimately the waterfront became a park under the management of the East Bay Regional Park District. Fahden retired from the Board of Supervisors and public service in 1992. She died in 2015 at age 92.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1982-1993
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
- Preferred citation:
-
Nancy Fahden Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
- Location of this collection:
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724 Escobar StreetMartinez, CA 94553, US
- Contact:
- 9252291042