THACKERAYGRACE

Interview with Grace Thackeray, 1973

 

1973-01-12

Oral History Research Department, San Diego State University

Interviewer: Heft, Robert

Thackeray was a candidate for the city council seat for district 2 in San Diego in 1967, 2 years of college. She worked on the Goldwater for President campaign. She discusses her election campaign for the city council seat, saying that her total expenditure was $30,000, but she "should have had another $30,000." Women admitted later that they discriminated against her because of her gender. She was interviewed about women in politics and public life at her home in Ocean Beach, California. The interviewed was conducted by the "Oral History Research Department at California San Diego State University.

Women in politics; Grace Lawrence Thackeray; Barry Goldwater; Robert Heft; Federated Republican Women; Anticommunism; Political machines; Sam T. Loftin; Election campaigns; Discrimination against women; Wage equality; Women's liberation movement; Gender roles; San Diego City Council

 

California - San Diego - Ocean Beach

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English

 

Audiotape

01:26:01

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Audio

MP3

106.05 MB