Jackie Goldberg papers, 1993-1995

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Summary

Creators:
Goldberg, Jackie
Abstract:
Jackie Goldberg is an openly lesbian politician, teacher, and former member of the California State Assembly. This collection represents Jackie Goldberg's campaign for City Council in Los Angeles in 1993. Included are campaign materials as well as news coverage of the campaign and Goldberg herself.
Extent:
0.2 linear feet (1 half box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Jackie Goldberg Papers, (Collection 2196). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection represents Jackie Goldberg's campaign for City Council in Los Angeles in 1993. Included are campaign materials as well as news coverage of the campaign and Goldberg herself.

Biographical / historical:

A graduate of Morningside High School in Inglewood, California, Jackie Goldberg went on to graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was a member of the campus political party SLATE and a major player in the Free Speech Movement while on campus. She also holds a master's degree in education from the University of Chicago.

Goldberg was elected to the State Assembly in November 2000, representing the state's 45th district. Sworn in in December 2000, she had previously served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council. Before being elected to the council, she served on and was later president of the Los Angeles School Board and before that, she had been a teacher in the Compton Unified School District.

She was re-elected in 2002 and 2004. Jackie Goldberg is openly lesbian and was a founder member of the California Legislative LGBT Caucus. She married her longtime partner, Susan Stricker in 2008. She is also a founding member of the Progressive Caucus in Sacramento. Jackie and her wife have one son.

Acquisition information:

Provenance unknown.

This collection is part of an outreach and collection-building partnership between the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives , the UCLA Center for the Study of Women (CSW) , and the UCLA Library .

Processing information:

Processed by Stacy Wood, 2013. Description enhanced and further physical processing completed by Sabrina Ponce in 2017.

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Arrangement:

Materials arranged by type.

Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Jackie Goldberg Papers, (Collection 2196). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
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