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Interview no. | A-0374 |
Restrictions | Permission from Cochrane required for quotation. |
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 | October 23, 1995 |
Interviewee | Cochrane, Betsy Lane, 1936- |
Interviewee occupation |
Public officers Politicians |
Interviewee DOB | 1936 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Mosnier, Joseph. |
Abstract | Betsy Lane Cochrane, Republican senator in the North Carolina Senate, discusses her background, her earliest involvements in local politics, her commitment to what she sees as the principles of the Republican Party, her experiences in the North Carolina assembly since 1981 (particularly as a member of a minority party and in different leadership roles), and her assessment of the Republican Party’s prospects in the state. She also talks about race relations, economic issues in North Carolina, and the personal satisfaction she derives from public service. |
Subject Topical |
North Carolina--Politics and government. Apportionment (Election law)--North Carolina. Women Legislators--North Carolina. |
Subject Name |
Democratic Party (N.C.) Republican Party (N.C.) Reagan, Ronald. |
Citation | Interview with Betsy Lane Cochrane by Joseph Mosnier, 23 October 1995. A-0374 in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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Interview no. | A0374_Audio_1 |