mnsss460 A Woman's Legacy: Five Women Who Made a Difference> (Oral History series), 1998-2003 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Margaret Jessup. Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
2008

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 Finding aid exported into EAD from InMagic DB/Textworks 7.01. Encoded by Margaret Jessup. June 17, 2008 Finding aid written in English. Collection Overview A Woman's Legacy: Five Women Who Made a Difference (Oral History series)1998-2003 MS 533 1 box (.5 linear ft.) English Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Northampton, MA
Series of oral histories of four notable women: Belva Davis, journalist; Bernice Hemphill, bio-analyist; Marian Cleeves Diamond, scientist; Mary Lanigar, accountant; and Sandra Day O'Connor, supreme court justice. Published by Women's Forum West Legacy Foundation (San Francisco, Calif, 2004). Scope and Contents of the Collection

Series of oral histories of four notable women entitled A Woman's Legacy: Five Women Who Made a Difference, published by Women's Forum West Legacy Foundation (San Francisco, Calif, 2004). Consists of transcripts and five CD-ROMS. Includes: "Belva Davis: the oral history of a pioneer in the field of journalism : a series of interviews" / conducted by Mauree Jane Perry, November 7, 14, 21, 2002, December 16, 2003. "Bernice Hemphill : the mother of blood banking: Irwin Memorial Blood Bank and the American Association of Blood Banks, 1915-1994" / an oral history conducted in 1995 and 1996 by Germaine LaBerge, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1998. "Marian Cleeves Diamond : the oral history of a leader in the field of science : a series of interviews" / conducted by Carol McLaughlin. "Mary Lanigar : the oral history of a pioneering woman in the field of accounting : a series of interviews" / conducted by Carol McLauglin, July 1999. "Sandra Day O'Connor : the oral history of a pioneering woman in the judiciary : an interview" / conducted by Mauree Jane Perry, April 4, 2001.

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 Davis, Belva, 1933- --Interviews Lanigar, Mary--Interviews O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930- --Interviews Hemphill, Bernice M., 1915-1996--Interviews Diamond, Marian Cleeves--Interviews Women journalists--United States--Interviews Women journalists--United States--Biography--Sources Women in journalism--United States African American journalists--Interviews African American journalists--Biography Women in television broadcasting--United States Irwin Memorial Blood Bank American Association of Blood Banks Blood banks--United States--History Women scientists--United States--Interviews Women scientists--United States--Biography Women accountants--United States--Interviews Women accountants--United States--Biography United States. Supreme Court--Officials And Employees--Interviews Women judges--United States--Interviews Women judges--United States--Biography Oral history--Archival resources Davis, Belva, 1933- --Interviews Lanigar, Mary--Interviews O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930- --Interviews Hemphill, Bernice M., 1915-1996--Interviews Diamond, Marian Cleeves--Interviews Perry, Mauree Jane LaBerge, Germaine McLaughlin, Carol Women's Forum West Legacy Foundation