Oral history interview with Sharon Maurer-Schwartz conducted by Barbara Tabach on February 01, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Maurer-Schwartz, with her wife Edna Rice, talks about being part of the gay/Jewish life together over the years including in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both women discuss why they moved to Nevada and the early days of The Center, an LGBT center, which hosted a Passover Seder.
Oral history interview with Cynthia Leung conducted by Vanessa Concepcion, Kristel Peralta, and Stefani Evans on June 24, 2021 for Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project.
Cynthia Leung shares her personal history growing up in Palm Desert, California and the story of how her artistic parents met. Cynthia's mother, a brush artist, immigrated alone from Shanghai and Taiwan to the United States where she met her husband and Cynthia's father, a Chinese-American architect. Cynthia talks about her educational pursuits and her move to Las Vegas to become a defense attorney. She discusses her career as a prosecutor before becoming the first Chinese-American women elected as a Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge, and her experiences within the court system witnessing discrimination, mental illness, and the opportunity for diversity in law.
Subjects discussed include: Joy Luck Club (book); Women in Need of Change (WIN) Court; alternative courts; Las Vegas legal community.
This series includes files from NOW's task forces from 1971 to 1974. The topics covered by the task forces include broadcast media, education, fundraising, health, unions, legislation, marriage, minority women, poverty, rape, reproduction, and volunteerism.
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National Organization for Women, Las Vegas Chapter Records
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Pearl Brown (sitting) is surrounded by the other women who stand behind her. From left to right, they are: Delphine Squires, Maude Frazier, and Ruth Cahlan.
Color image of a crowd of protesters at a demonstration held by American Peace Test, a group opposed to nuclear testing. Three women are standing on a makeshift stage (one is playing an instrument) as others look on.