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[News Release: California Woman Not First State Medical Society Head, March 23, 1971] (open access)

[News Release: California Woman Not First State Medical Society Head, March 23, 1971]

Text of a news release from the Texas Medical Association listing female presidents of state medical associations to assert that claims by the California Medical Association that their president was the first woman to hold the office were unfounded. The list includes Dr. May Owen, president of the Texas Medical Association (1960-1961), the third woman on record for any state association.
Date: March 23, 1971
Creator: Texas Medical Association
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mr. Jon R. Hornaday to Mr. Milton D. Krueger, March 23, 1971] (open access)

[Letter from Mr. Jon R. Hornaday to Mr. Milton D. Krueger, March 23, 1971]

Letter from Mr. Jon R. Hornaday to Mr. Milton D. Krueger discussing an article in The Associated Press about the first woman to be president of a state medical society.
Date: March 23, 1971
Creator: Hornaday, Jon R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Med Society Head] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Med Society Head]

Newspaper clipping of a photo of Dr. Roberta Fenlon. A caption accompanies the photo, claiming she was the first woman elected president of a state medical society. The caption also mentions she is an internal medicine specialist and a faculty member at the University of California. On the back of the clipping are portions of a weather forecast and an advertisement
Date: March 19, 1971
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping: Texas News] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping: Texas News]

Newspaper clipping of a small collection of articles discussing news from around Texas. The items of interest include Dallas Public Library's collection of framed pictures; a television set stolen in Paris, Texas; the renaming of Air Freight, Inc., to Santa Fe Freight Co.; an army contract with Travos Inc. in Austin; and the Texas Medical Association's correction of claims by the California Medical Association that their President was the first woman to head a state medical society. On the back of the clipping are portions of comic strips.
Date: March 31, 1971
Creator: Athens Daily Review
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History