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Adlene Harrison Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Adlene Harrison. The first female mayor of Dallas (1976) and later the first chairman of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (1981-1986), Harrison was the only female member of the City of Dallas Planning Commission in 1963. She and her husband attended the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on the day of the assassination.Interview conducted at Ms. Harrison's home on September 10, 2009 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is one hour and nine minutes long.
Adlene Harrison Oral History
09/10/2009
Born digital (.m2ts file)
69 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2009.001.0072
Although historically considered the first female mayor Dallas, Adlene Harrison was not elected to that position. When Mayor Wes Wise (1971-76) resigned from office to run, unsucessfully, for U.S. Congress in 1976, Harrison briefly became the city's acting mayor. By the end of that year, Robert Folsom (1976-81) had been elected mayor. Several years later, with fifty-six percent of the vote, Annette Strauss (1987-91) became the first woman elected to the office of mayor of Dallas. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
Adlene Harrison Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Adlene Harrison. The first female mayor of Dallas (1976) and later the first chairman of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (1981-1986), Harrison was the only female member of the City of Dallas Planning Commission in 1963. She and her husband attended the luncheon at the Dallas Trade Mart on the day of the assassination.Interview conducted at Ms. Harrison's home on September 10, 2009 by Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator. The interview is one hour and nine minutes long.
Adlene Harrison Oral History
09/10/2009
Civic leaders
Trade Mart luncheon
Oral histories
Harrison, Adlene
City of Dallas
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
Dallas
Community Leaders (OHC)
Born digital (.m2ts file)
69 Minutes
Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
2009.001.0072
Although historically considered the first female mayor Dallas, Adlene Harrison was not elected to that position. When Mayor Wes Wise (1971-76) resigned from office to run, unsucessfully, for U.S. Congress in 1976, Harrison briefly became the city's acting mayor. By the end of that year, Robert Folsom (1976-81) had been elected mayor. Several years later, with fifty-six percent of the vote, Annette Strauss (1987-91) became the first woman elected to the office of mayor of Dallas. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
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