An American Association of University Women (A.A.U.W.) deposit of oral history tapes to Special Collections. From left to right, the women pictured include Connie Degernes, Helen Littleton, Marilyn Swanson, and Susan Anderl.
Eva G. Simmons was born in Somerville, Texas December 31, 1938. She grew up in Austin, Texas. Simmons moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1963. She worked for the Clark County School District, and has an elementary school in North Las Vegas, Nevada named for her. Eva Goins Simmons never imagined moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, but she moved here twice: Once briefly in 1957 to be with her sister and then again continuously in 1963 after graduating from University of Texas, Austin and marrying her husband George Simmons.
Roberta Sabbath was born on December 23, 1943 in Richmond, Virginia. She received her bachelor's degree in French Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1965 and married Dennis Sabbath in 1967. The couple spent two years in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Kodiak, Alaska in 1969 where she started an adult basic education program and a youth program. After about two years in Alaska, Sabbath and her husband moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Susan Rhodes was a member of Temple Beth Am in 2006-2007 when the congregation merged with Adat Ariel to form Temple Sinai. During 2006 Rhodes served as Sergeant-at-arms during Temple Beth AM at meetings that were held to discuss the financial issues faced by Temple Beth Am and as secretary during the 2007 merger.
The Tamara Pickett Papers (1977-1998) are comprised of materials related to the experiences of transgendered individuals in America. The collection includes transgender publications, scientific articles about sex reassignment surgery, and informational material provided to Pickett from various doctors as she planned her own sexual reassignment surgery.