Oral History Interview with Mary Anna Sewalt, May 10, 1993

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Interview with Mary Anna Sewalt concerning her participation in the development of the Republican Party in Texas (1944-1993). Sewalt discusses her youth in West Texas, her employment with WPA (Works Progress Administration) during the New Deal years, her decision to join the Republican Party in 1947, her conservative philosophy, organizing the Republican Party of Denton County, the 1952 presidential campaign, activities with the Texas Federation of Republican Women, her positions on abortion, the Religious Right, and women's rights in general.
Date: May 10, 1993
Creator: Strickland, Kristi & Sewalt, Mary Anna
System: The UNT Digital Library