Oral history interview with Madale L. Watson ...
oral history transcript
1988 /
by Enid H. Douglass.

Description

Main Author

Watson, Madale L., 1911-

Related Names

Douglass, Enid Hart, interviewer.
State Government Oral History Program (Calif.)
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Published

[1988]

Subjects

Unruh, Jesse, > Unruh, Jesse, / 1922-1987.
Voorhis, Jerry, > Voorhis, Jerry, / 1901-1984.
Watson, Madale L., > Watson, Madale L., / 1911-
Democratic State Central Committee.
Democratic Party (Calif.)
California Democratic Council.
Apportionment (Election law) > Apportionment (Election law) / California.
California > California / Politics and government.
Oral histories.

Summary

Mrs. Watson discusses her work for James Harvey Brown's campaigns for the Fifty-sixth Assembly District, her an appointment to the Democratic State Central Committee in 1950, and running unsuccessfully for the Fifty-eighth Assembly District in 1952. In addition to her political involvement Mrs. Watson is active in community affairs.

Note

Transcript of a nine-and-three-quarter-hours interview completed under the auspices of the Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley and the California State Archives, State Government Oral History Program.
California Women and Public Policymaking.
Also available online.
Audiotape recording available in California State Archives.

Physical Description

iii, 343 leaves, bound ; 28 cm.

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