WPA_CSUF

The WPA project recalls the words of
women involved in politics, community organizing, and grassroots movements within Southern California.

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

#OTD in 2004 the first legal same-sex marriage was performed in Massachusetts, marking a major milestone for gay rights.
Check out #oralhistory collections, like our @WPA_CSUF project, to hear from women who fought, and continue to fight, for LGBT rights.
https://t.co/n9lGpydaZ3

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

Grateful to have recorded Molina's oral history as part of our Women, Politics, & Activism project: https://t.co/XLQ6VQAQ8l

Gloria Molina, Chicana who blazed paths across L.A. politics, dies https://t.co/3ZvQTPB6jB

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

There are so many accomplished women to celebrate this #WomensHistoryMonth!
Check out the oral histories in our Women, Politics, and Activism collection: https://t.co/eho58u7mpi

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

Congrats to @LindseyPHorvath, LA's new Third District Supervisor!
In 2014 she was interviewed for our @WPA_CSUF #oralhistory project. A member of the West Hollywood City Council, she talked about how she became involved in local activism & politics.
https://t.co/S72px6bNaP

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

#OTD in 1916 Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the US House of Representatives, becoming the first woman to serve in Congress.
For contemporary stories of women in politics and activism, check out our @WPA_CSUF #oralhistory project: https://t.co/wePdd6wJW1

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

#OTD in 2018 Judy Lewis shared her #oralhistory. She talked about the challenges of working in a male-dominated profession; the evolution of women deputies in the Sheriff’s Dept; her involvement in the League of Women Voters; and the importance of women’s voices in policymaking.

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

#OTD last year former US Representative, Lois Capps was interviewed for our @WPA_CSUF #oralhistory project. Capps talked about the sudden death of her husband Walter while in office; filling his congressional seat; and how the California delegation helped her adjust.

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

#OTD in 2009, Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in as the 111th Justice, becoming the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court.
To hear more about the important role women have played in politics and policy, check out our @WPA_CSUF #oralhistory project: https://t.co/wePdd6NMY1

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

A very prescient quote from founding board member of the political action committee Women in Leadership (WIL), Karen Clark, in her 2013 #oralhistory.
Listen to the full interview here:
https://t.co/nRp4kVWidh

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

Listen to Katherine Spillar's #oralhistory interview on our website: https://t.co/ZVyLRX8Frk

#TitleIX50

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

"Every state legislature and in Congress, it is women who have carried the legislation that more directly impacts women’s and girls’ rights."
-Katherine Spillar, Feminist Majority Foundation, from her 2017 #oralhistory
#TitleIX50

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

Dora Olivia Magaña Burgos is an activist and refugee from El Salvador. In her 2015 #oralhistory she discussed her experience as an organizer in combat zones; her contributions to the Latino community in LA; & her fearless desire to defend & fight for the poor #WomensHistoryMonth

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

One of the many great interviews in our Women, Politics, and Activism #oralhistory project! #WomensHistoryMonth

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

In 1973, just six years after she graced the cover of Jet, Yvonne Braithwaite become the first African American woman elected to Congress from California. She discussed this, and other achievements, in her 2017 #oralhistory.
#WomensHistoryMonth
https://t.co/AcgiZA9j5T

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

Miya Iwataki is a poet, writer, and longtime activist. In 2017 she shared her #oralhistory, discussing her mother’s internment at Manzanar, her father’s involvement with the 100th 442nd Battalion, and her fight for Japanese American Redress and Reparations. #WomensHistoryMonth

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

Almena Lomax was a former editor for the #LosAngeles Tribune, a Black newspaper published from 1940-60. She was interviewed by COPH in 1966 and discussed prejudice toward African American papers; personal philosophy on racial issues; civil rights; & activism #womenshistorymonth

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

We celebrate women on this #InternationalWomensDay and every day!
Check out our Women, Politics, and Activism #oralhistory project, focusing on the achievements and experiences of women in politics and activism:
https://t.co/eho58uopri

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

Check out this interview on our website! #WomensHistoryMonth
https://t.co/4fCgPTW0YQ

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

In 2016 Nury Martinez was interviewed for our Women, Politics & Activism project. She talked about her run for LA City Council and the experience of being the only woman on the Council.
Martinez is now the first Latina to hold the position Council President #WomensHistoryMonth

[TIME @TIME]

"Leading with empathy and compassion was a thread that ran through the honorees’ stories," write @naina_bajekal and @lucy_feldman on choosing TIME's Women of the Year https://t.co/Kg0lUp4Oy1

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

In 2013 former CA State Assemblywoman Marian Bergeson was interviewed for our OC Politics Project. She discussed the challenges of being a woman in politics; the importance of bi-partisanship; and shared her passion for educational reform. #WomensHistoryMonth

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

#OTD last year, Paula Perotte was interviewed for our WPA #oralhistory project. In 2018, she became Goleta’s first elected mayor in a landslide victory. In her interview, she talked about environmental issues, feminism, and impacts the of the pandemic on her small city.

[WPA_CSUF @WPA_CSUF]

Celebrating #LGBTHistoryMonth with quotes from our Women, Politics, and Activism #oralhistory collection! Check out the project online:
https://t.co/eho58uopri

[COPH CSU Fullerton @COPH_CSUF]

“I got involved with it, you know, going for five years, and it stuck, I love it…seeing so many people having a great time and feeling open, and happy, and celebratory…”
-Anna Barvir talks about her work with #OCPride in her 2013 #oralhistory
#LGBTHistoryMonth @WPA_CSUF