/internal/media/dispatcher/73403/fullSonia Pressman Fuentes Oral History08/23/2010Duration: 60 MinutesBorn digital (.wav file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2010.001.00920Audio oral history interview with Sonia Pressman Fuentes. A respected feminist, author and lawyer, Fuentes began to actively participate in women's rights activities in 1963. She was the first female attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and was later a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Interview conducted at [location] on August 23, 2010 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin. The interview is [x hour and x minutes] long.
The audio attached to this record is an excerpt. The entire interview is available in our Reading Room to on-site researchers or by submitting a Rights & Reproductions Request Form.Oral Histories6346032376Oral historyAudio oral history interview with Sonia Pressman Fuentes. A respected feminist, author and lawyer, Fuentes became actively involved in women's rights issues in 1963. She was the first female attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and was later co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Interview conducted by telephone on August 23, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is one hour long.
Oral historiesWomen's rightsCivic leadersFuentes, Sonia PressmanWashington, D.C.Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Childhood Recollections (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Sonia Pressman Fuentes passed away on December 20, 2025. - Riley Harris, Collections CatalogerAs of spring 2023, Ms. Fuentes - at the age of 94 - still maintains an extensive online repository of interviews, speeches and writings related to her life and career. Since 2010, the archive has included this oral history recording with The Sixth Floor Museum. Her website may be accessed here: Sonia Pressman Fuentes (erraticimpact.com). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator