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Tracy, Dorothy J., 1920-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920-

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Dorothy J. Tracy oral history interview, June 11, 1996

 Item — Othertype Oral History
Identifier: W008_TracyD_19960611
Scope and Contents Interviewed by Dana Von Tilborg. Tracy discusses her childhood and education in Pittsburg and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and recounts that her “mother was very intent on women’s rights, that women were just as capable as men.” She goes on to talk about her courtship, marriage and early married life with her husband Jack Tracy. During this period, she joined the League of Women Voters, and became politically active. Tracy recounts that when her husband died (in 1963), she became particularly...
Dates: June 11, 1996

Dorothy J. Tracy papers

 Collection
Identifier: W014
Abstract:

Dorothy J. Tracy, activist, author, financial planner, and lobbyist, was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1920. The bulk of the Dorothy J. Tracy Papers, circa 1967-1995, focuses on Tracy's efforts to ratify the ERA in Georgia through such organizations as the League of Women Voters of Georgia and Atlanta/Fulton, Georgians for ERA, and ERA Georgia, Inc. [the former Georgia Council for ERA].

Dates: circa 1967-1995

Jeffrey Gordon Jones papers

 Collection
Identifier: W009
Abstract:

Jeffrey Gordon Jones has worked as a software engineer and a research scientist (1979-1992) and as a part-time instructor in the History Department at Georgia State University (September 1995-March 1996). The Jeffrey G. Jones Collection consists of research materials collected by Jones from 1993 to 1995 in the process of writing his thesis, Georgia and the ERA, for his master's degree in history at Georgia State University.

Dates: 1993-1995

Oral history interview abstracts -- Holmes, Dorris and Dorothy Tracy, March 22, 1995

 File — Box 2: Series I, Folder: 5
Identifier: I
Scope and Content of the Papers From the Collection: The Jeffrey G. Jones Collection consists of research materials collected by Jones from 1993 to 1995 in the process of writing his thesis, Georgia and the ERA, for his master's degree in history at Georgia State University. Included are a copy of the thesis, items related to its completion (list of deadlines, thesis prospectus, procedures for conducting oral history interviews, and a computer diskette of research notes), and research files compiled...
Dates: March 22, 1995

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Archival Object 2
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Subject
Atlanta (Ga.) 2
Equal rights amendments 2
Feminism 1
Georgia 1
Women political activists 1