Janet Cukor oral history interview, May 3, 2004

Interviewed by Janet Paulk: Cukor describes her childhood, and recounts that before her marriage and subsequent move to Canada, her earliest political experiences were working on Martha Griffiths’ political campaigns. Moving to Atlanta in 1965, she recalls that she took an interest in political and governmental issues, and in 1975 was appointed to the Board of Directors for DeKalb County’ Equal Opportunity Authority. Cukor says that she met Eleanor Richardson through her daughter, who was petitioning to have a student serve on the DeKalb Board of Education as a non-voting member. She and Richardson became friends and went on to work on Richardson’s campaign for a place on the state senate. She describes Richardson’s fundraising efforts: “She took out her Christmas card list and her list of organizations -- members of organizations that she belonged to [and her church] and she won.” Cukor describes the development of the ERA coalition in Georgia. She goes on to talk about the National Women’s Conference in Houston and the anti-ERA contingent at that meeting, as well as the problems within ERA Georgia. Throughout the interview Cukor discusses issues that concern her, including Social Security for homemakers and reproductive rights.