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Summary:

Follow-up to the 1969 interview with Judge Sarah T. Hughes concerning her experiences as a former state legislator, state district judge, and a federal district judge. Hughes discusses her expriences and personal views concerning the Sharpstown stock-fraud scandal, the Dallas County Jail, the constitutionality of abortion, and the desegregation of the Dallas Independent School District.

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Sarah T. (Sarah Tilghman), 1896-1985

Contributors:

Marcello, Ronald E.

Texas Political History Oral History Project

North Texas State University > Oral History Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Sarah T. Hughes, 1979 August 23 [by Hughes, S.T.]

Related Series:

Oral History; [volume] 489

Subjects:

Hughes, Sarah T. (Sarah Tilghman), 1896-1985 — Oral history

Texas Legislature — House of Representatives — Oral history

Judges — Texas — Oral history

Women judges — Texas — Oral history

Women politicians — Texas — Oral history

Legislators — Texas — Oral history

Jails — Overcrowding — Texas — Oral history

Jails — Texas — Dallas County — Oral history

Prisoners — Texas — Oral history

Prison reformers — Texas — Oral history

School integration — Texas — Oral history

Women in politics — Texas — Oral history

Women — Oral history

Texas — Politics and government — 1951- — Oral history

Sharpstown Stock-Fraud Scandal — Oral history

Dallas (Tex.) — Politics and government — Oral history

Genres:

Oral history — Examples

Political oral history — Examples

General Notes:

Interview conducted in 1979 for the Texas Political History Oral History Project. Interviewer: Dr. Ronald E. Marcello, Professor of History and Director, Oral History Program, University of North Texas.

Physical Description:

33 leaves ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

OH 489

OCLC Numbers:

145571845