/internal/media/dispatcher/75516/fullDr. Marjorie Westberry Oral History09/08/2010Duration: 45 MinutesBorn digital (.m2ts file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2010.001.00980Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Marjorie Westberry. A longtime social activist and educator, Westberry was a missionary in Africa from 1958 to 1962. Upon moving to Dallas in 1971, she founded a local chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 8, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-five minutes long.Oral Histories720080E-100E-1032382Oral history0E-10Videotaped oral history interview with Dr. Marjorie Westberry. A longtime social activist and educator, Westberry was a missionary in Africa from 1958 to 1962. Upon moving to Dallas in 1971, she founded a local chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 8, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-five minutes long.Oral historiesWomen's rightsEducationCivil rightsWestberry, MarjorieAfricaDallasCommunity Leaders (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dr. Marjorie Jane Westberry passed away on December 22, 2016 at the age of 80. After moving to Dallas in the 1970s, she became part of the original faculty of Brookhaven College, where she taught composition and literature for a number of years. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorIn addition to Dr. Westberry, the Museum has recorded oral histories with National Organization for Women (NOW) founders Mary Eastwood and Sonia Pressman Fuentes and Dallas member Joan Dresner Bernstein. - Stephen Fagin, Curator