Oral History Interview with Frances Tarlton Farenthold, June 16, 2012
Description:
Interview with Frances "Sissy" Tarlton Farenthold, attorney, activist, former Texas state representative, and candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Texas (1972, 1974). She discusses her childhood in a liberal, politically active family in Corpus Christi, Texas; experiences with racial segregation and discrimination; experiences in Corpus Christi public schools, the Hockaday School for Girls, Vassar College, and University of Texas Law School. Her father (Benjamin Tarlton Jr.)’…
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Date:
June 16, 2012
Creator:
Fields-Hawkins, Stephanie & Farenthold, Frances (Frances Tarlton), 1926-