Mary Eastwood Oral History
Object number2010.001.0107
Date09/17/2010
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Mary Eastwood
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.wav file)
DimensionsDuration: 41 Minutes
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DescriptionAudio oral history interview with Mary Eastwood. Eastwood worked for the U.S. Justice Department during the Kennedy administration and attended a reception at the White House two days before the assassination. A distinguished feminist, she was later a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Interview conducted by telephone on September 17, 2010 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-one minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryIn addition to Mary Eastwood, the Museum has recorded oral histories with fellow NOW founder Sonia Pressman Fuentes as well as Dallas members Joan Dresner Bernstein and Dr. Marjorie Westberry. Joan Dresner Bernstein's oral history may be found here: Joan Dresner Bernstein Oral History – Search bernstein (Objects) – Search – The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza - Stephen Fagin, Curator
Mary Otelia Eastwood passed away on October 11, 2015 at the age of 85. In addition to co-founding the National Organization for Women (NOW), Eastwood was a founding board member of the Veteran Feminists of America and a board member of the Human Rights for Women organization. During the Kennedy administration, she was a technical secretary to the civil and political rights committee of the president's Commission on the Status of Women. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
