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Oral History Interview with Florence Shapiro, August 17, 1993

Description: Interview with Florence Shapiro, a state legislator, concerning her views of the impact and significance of women on the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1970-1993). Shapiro also discusses her initial involvement in local politics, her election to the Plano, Texas, City Council (1979-1990), her election as mayor of Plano (1990), her election to the Texas Legislature (1992), her views on social and fiscal conservatism and abortion, and the evolution of the Republican Party in Collin… more
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Date: August 17, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Shapiro, Florence
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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The U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW): Issues in the U.S. Ratification Debate

Description: This report provides an overview of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and describes its background, objectives, and structure, including the role of the Convention's monitoring body, the CEDAW Committee. It examines U.S. policy and issues in the U.S. ratification debate, including the Convention's possible impact on U.S. sovereignty, its effectiveness in combating discrimination, and its role as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy.
Date: November 17, 2009
Creator: Blanchfield, Luisa
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Turtle Creek Chorale: Let music live!]

Description: Poster from the Turtle Creek Chorale Collection for their "Let Music Live!" event which celebrated the opening of Fort Worth's Bass Performance Hall. A photograph of a relief sculpture of an angel appears on the poster.
Date: May 17, 1998
Creator: Turtle Creek Chorale
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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