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Christia Adair (1893-1989), Houston, Texas. Interviewed by: Dorothy R. Robinson, April 25, 1977. Christia Adair. Tape 5 Side 1.

Title
Christia Adair (1893-1989), Houston, Texas. Interviewed by: Dorothy R. Robinson, April 25, 1977. Christia Adair. Tape 5 Side 1.
Date
1976-1981
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Notes
Community organizer, civic worker; active in working for equal rights for blacks and for women; served on board of Missions and Church Extension, United Methodist Church; executive secretary, Houston NAACP, for ten years; one of the first black precinct judges in Houston; Christia V. Adair Park dedicated in Houston in 1977 to celebrate Mrs. Adair's 84th birthday; honored on 54th anniversary of Women' s Suffrage, August 1974: "Her life is a history of the struggle of women and minorities in this society."
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Repository
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

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