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Partner and participant : University of California chancellor's and president's wife, 1984-1995 / 2002.
F866.4.P458 P45 2002
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Title:

Partner and participant: University of California chancellor's and president's wife, 1984-1995 / 2002

Creator/Contributor:

Peltason, Suzanne Toll, 1925-, creator, ive

Creator/Contributor:

Lage, Ann.

Creator/Contributor:

Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.

Creator/Contributor:

University of California, Berkeley

Abstract:

Family, childhood in North Carolina and New Jersey; meeting Jack Peltason at University of Missouri, marriage and family; faculty wife at Smith College and University of Illinois, 1947-1959; UC Irvine, founding years, 1964-1967; wife of chancellor, University of Illinois, 1967-1977; wife of chancellor, UC Irvine, 1984-1992; wife of UC president, 1992-1995; media relations, affirmative action controversy, Blake House; reflections on women's movement, defining the role of spouses of academic administrators; efforts of chancellors' wives for official recognition.

Date:

c2002 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Peltason, J. W. (Jack Walter) -- 1923- -- Interviews
University of California (System). -- Office of the President -- History
University of California, Irvine -- History
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- History
Blake House (Berkeley, Calif.)
College administrators -- United States -- Biography
College teachers' spouses -- United States -- Interviews
Affirmative action programs -- California

Note:

Suzanne Toll Peltason ; with an introduction by Rita Atkinson. An interview conducted by Ann Lage in 1999. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Includes index.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

biography
Oral histories.

Physical Description:

print
1 v. (v, 101 p.) : ports. ; 29 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

F866.4.P458 P45 2002

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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