Crawford, Aaron Wood, Naomi Bynum, Katherine Adkins, Dorothy McAdams, Linnie Hughes, Elinor
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This movie documents "An Oral History of Denton," an event organized by the Denton County League of Women Voters for Women's History Month and hosted by Texas Woman's University. Panelists answer a series of questions about their early life and first impressions of Denton; segregation in Denton's schools and businesses and the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision on Denton County schools; the role of the University of North Texas faculty, Trinity Presbyterian Church, First Methodist Church, Mt. Pilgrim in Southeast Denton, and St. Paul's Lutheran Church on the formation of the Denton Women's Interracial Fellowship; experiences of gender discrimination; their experiences of joining the League of Women Voters; their first voting experience; their political or feminist inspirations; the possibility of a woman President of the United States; the value and purpose of International Women's Day; discrimination in present-day life in Denton County; and the panelists' thoughts on the future for women and minorities in the U.S. It concludes with an audience question-and-answer session including topics such as continued racial division and re-segregation in Denton, celebrations of International Women's Day, the impact of actions of Texas female politicians such as Ann Richards and Wendy Davis, societal expectations for a woman's demeanor, gender-segregated organizations and gender-dominated occupations.1 video (1 hr., 43 min., 39 sec.) : sd., col. ; digital
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Johnson, KimberlyDenton County League of Women VotersTexas Woman's UniversityCrawford, Laurel Sammonds
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The Portal to Texas HistoryKeywords
- Adkins, Dorothy
- America
- Arts And Crafts Theatre Motion Pictures
- Bynum, Katherine
- Civil Rights
- Clinton, Hillary Rodham
- Davis, Wendy, 1963
- Discrimination
- Education
- Elections
- Foster, Trudy
- Gandhi, Indira, 1917 1984
- Gender
- Government
- Government And Law Politics
- Home Movies
- Home Videos
- Hughes, Elinor
- International Women's Day
- Johnson, Kimberley
- Jordan, Barbara, 1936 1996
- League Of Women Voters Of Texas
- Mc Adams, Linnie
- Richards, Ann, 1917 2006
- Segregation
- Social Life And Customs Clubs And Organizations
- Thatcher, Margaret
- Voting
- Weddington, Sarah
- Women
- Wood, Naomi