Dedicated democrat and city planner :
oral history transcript /
Julia Porter ; tape recorded interview conducted by Gabrielle Morris in 1975. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1977 :
and related material,
1975-1977.

Description

Main Author

Porter, Julia Gorman, 1897-

Related Names

Morris, Gabrielle S., interviewer.
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

Starr, Kevin.
Douglas, Helen Gahagan, > Douglas, Helen Gahagan, / 1900-1980.
Porter, Charles.
Porter, Bruce, > Porter, Bruce, / 1865-1953.
San Francisco (Calif.). > San Francisco (Calif.). / City Planning Commission.
League of Women Voters of San Francisco.
Democratic Party (Calif.)
City planning > City planning / California > City planning / California / San Francisco.
Women > Women / Political activity > Women / Political activity / United States.
San Francisco (Calif.) > San Francisco (Calif.) / Social life and customs.
San Francisco (Calif.) > San Francisco (Calif.) / Politics and government.
California > California / Politics and government.
Oral histories.

Summary

Recollection of growing up in San Francisco; her husband, Charles Porter, and her brother-in-law, Bruce Porter; involvement with the League of Women Voters; long service in local, state and national Democratic Party activities; women prominent in political circles, including Helen Gahagan Douglas; San Francisco politics; service on the San Francisco Planning Commission; other community activities. Appended: photocopies of documentary material supporting the interview.

Note

Phonotapes also available.
Copies of photographs inserted.
Introduction by Kevin Starr.
Also available online.

Physical Description

Transcript : [15], 195 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.

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