Title:
From precinct worker to Assistant Secretary of The Department of Health, Education and Welfare : oral history transcript:
and related material, 1977-1980
Creator/Contributor:
Hitt, Patricia Reilly, 1918-, creator, interviewee.
Creator/Contributor:
Stein, Mimi, interviewer.
Creator/Contributor:
Finch, Robert H. (Robert Hutchinson), 1925-1995
Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.
Abstract:
Reflections on her work in the Repulican Party - in women's organizations, as precinct worker, in state and national campaigns
(particularly the 1958, 1962 and 1966 gubernatorial campaigns in California and the 1960, 1964 and 1968 presidential campaigns),
and as national committeewoman, 1960-1964; her appointment to HEW as assistant secretary for community and field services,
1969-1972; the influence of the John Birch Society; position of women in politics.
Date:
1977 (issued)
Subject:
n-us--- -- n-us-ca
Women -- Political activity -- United States
Femmes -- Activité politique -- États-Unis
Politics and government
Women -- Political activity
California -- Politics and government
United States -- Politics and government
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement
California
United States
Republican Party (Calif.)
Republican National Committee (U.S.)
United States. -- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
John Birch Society.
John Birch Society.
Republican National Committee (U.S.)
Republican Party (Calif.)
United States. -- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
United States -- California -- Berkeley
Note:
Patricia Reilly Hitt ; tape recorded interview conducted by Miriam Stein in 1977. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1980 :
Introduction by Robert H. Finch.
Copies of photographs and clippings inserted.
Phonotape also available.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Also available online.
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Type:
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
[14], ix, 227 pages ; 28 cm + related material
Language:
English
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests
for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.