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This article goes into great detail about a happy occurrence in Diane Parrish's life—her August wedding to Al Rush at “The Little Brown Church in the Valley” in North Hollywood, California. At the time, Diane Parrish had made quite an impact on the…

This is a photograph taken of Betty Friedan on March 23, 1970. She is displaying equality for women buttons at the organizations national convention in Chicago. This photograph was taken in the last year of Friedan’s presidency for the National…

This document gives a brief biographical history of Roberta Church. Church was the first black woman that was elected to the Republican State Executive Committee of Tennessee representing Memphis in the Ninth Congressional District. Church ran for…

he article “Black Will Be First Woman Nominated To LG&W Board” was printed in the Memphis Press-Scimitar on September 6, 1973. It was written about Patricia Shaw, a 34 year old insurance executive who was nominated by Memphis City Council, to serve…

Bob expresses his love to Margaret and how he appreciates her support and that it is what helped him finish his tour. Also, he tells how the Memphis Belle will be retiring, but that he will make a Memphis Belle 2 after that one. Margaret wrote back…

The western union telegram was made to return the engagement ring that Bob had given Margaret, although Bob hoped Margaret would change her mind about keeping it.

This letter from Lee Meriwether is in answer to an admonishment from Captain Anderson. Lee hasn’t been doing well in his lessons, and so Captain Anderson blamed it upon Lee’s attention to dress. Lee had sought out the advice of his mother, Liz, on…

In this newspaper article created by Beth Tamke, Sister Mary Anne Guthrie speaks on why she chose to run for Congress for the 8th district. The Sister had been considering the race for two weeks prior to speaking to the newspaper. Guthrie feels as…