Yesterday afternoon, I transcribed an oral histories from the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas. It featured Marjorie Westberry – in the image above. She arrived in Dallas in 1971 and began the city’s first N.O.W. chapter. She was spurred on by the fact that at that time, a married woman could not get a credit card in her own name. She must get her husband’s signature. (For decades, women lost many of their rights after getting married in Texas.) She mentioned the favorable coverage she received from Dallas Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. Marjorie said: “Vivian was and is a great networker. She never forgets to hug a feminist. She is on the top of my list.” My work on the book about Vivian continues.

We are now off for five days at the beach where I will begin writing a review piece on the Sixth Floor Museum’s oral history collection. Writing is easier by the ocean.

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Yesterday afternoon, I transcribed an oral histories from the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas. It featured Marjorie Westberry – in the image above. She arrived in Dallas in 1971 and began the city’s first N.O.W. chapter. She was spurred on by the fact that at that time, a married woman could not get a credit card in her own name. She must get her husband’s signature. (For decades, women lost many of their rights after getting married in Texas.) She mentioned the favorable coverage she received from Dallas Times Herald women’s page editor Vivian Castleberry. Marjorie said: “Vivian was and is a great networker. She never forgets to hug a feminist. She is on the top of my list.” My work on the book about Vivian continues.

We are now off for five days at the beach where I will begin writing a review piece on the Sixth Floor Museum’s oral history collection. Writing is easier by the ocean.

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