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"Reflections on Leadership," with Ruth Correll and Janet S. Roberts, OH1699
"Reflections on Leadership," with Ruth Correll and Janet S. Roberts, OH1699
Call Number
OH1699
Date
1999
Description
In this program produced by Channel 8 TV, former Boulder City Council member, Janet Roberts, and former council member and mayor, Ruth Correll, talk about their cutting-edge roles as women active in politics in Boulder, particularly during the 1950s through 1970s. Roberts credits the League of Women Voters for arousing her interest in politics and giving her the skills to become only the fourth woman on the Boulder City Council. They discuss issues on which they worked that remain relevant, especially the issues of affordable housing and growth management. They also comment on the relative lack of corruption in Boulder politics compared to that in some eastern cities, and the openness of Boulder to citizen participation. The program also includes commentary by Linda Jourgensen, another former Boulder mayor.
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Oral history interview with Elizabeth A. Nick, 2011
Oral history interview with Elizabeth A. Nick, 2011
Call Number
OH1712-V
Date
2011
Description
Elizabeth Nick, a member of the League of Women Voters of Boulder County at the time of the interview and two-time past president of the League, discusses many aspects of how the local League functions, as well as the structure and issues taken up by the Colorado League and the national League. Among other topics, she describes the boundary changes for the Boulder County League over the years, changes in the League brought about by evolutions in technology and in women's roles in society, and the way that consensus decision-making is used in the League. She also details the work that she has done throughout her years of involvement.
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Boulder (City)
Boulder (City): government history clippings
Call Number
VF Boulder (City) - Government History
Date
after 1925
Contents
1 vertical file.
Description
One vertical file that contains information clipped from newspapers, magazines, and other publications on the history of the municipal government in Boulder. Included are articles about city hall, how Boulder became a city, a 1977 City Council Series published in the Town and Country as well as a full spread on the 100 years of municipal history in Boulder, a "Municipal Report of the City of Boulder, Colorado (1948 and 1949), a history of the Ward System in Boulder, changes to the mayor-selection process and the city charter.
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