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Object Description
Interview no. | A-0372 |
Restrictions | Quotation only with permission from Bowie while she is sitting member of N.C. General Assembly. |
Project | A.3. Southern Politics: North Carolina Politics |
Project description | Interviews, 1995-1997, aimed at understanding how North Carolinians have dealt with post-Great Depression changes. Overarching themes are the realignment in North Carolina party politics and the Republican reemergence, the evolution of African American political activity since the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the evolution of women's political activity since the 1960s, and the centrality of cultural and social politics in the state's political contests and debates. |
Date | November 15, 1995 |
Interviewee | Bowie, Joanne Walker. |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | 1936 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Joanne Bowie, in 1995 into her fourth term as a representative in the North Carolina House, discusses her background and her decision to enter politics. She is described as a “moderate Republican.” She talks about her alignment within the Republican party and its divisions, the political atmosphere in Raleigh, and the lamentable lack of understanding among the public regarding political issues. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. Women Legislators--North Carolina. |
Subject Name | Republican Party (N.C.) |
Citation | Interview with Joanne Walker Bowie by Joseph Mosnier, 15 November 1995. A-0372 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
Description
Interview no. | A-0372 |