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Interview with Elizabeth Holtzman

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Contributor

Holtzman, Elizabeth ; McKiernan, Stephen

Description

Elizabeth Holtzman is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives. She is a Democrat and was the first woman to hold office as the New York City Comptroller and the District Attorney of Kings County, New York. Holtzman graduated from Radcliffe College of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. She was a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the New York State Democratic Committee, and Democratic Committee leader for the New York State Assembly district.

Date

2011-06-27

Rights

In copyright

Date Modified

2018-03-29

Is Part Of

McKiernan Interviews

Extent

79:14

Date of Interview

2011-06-27

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Elizabeth Holtzman

Biographical Text

Elizabeth Holtzman is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives. She is a Democrat and was the first woman to hold office as the New York City Comptroller and the District Attorney of Kings County, New York. Holtzman graduated from Radcliffe College of Harvard University and Harvard Law School. She was a member of the House Judiciary Committee, the New York State Democratic Committee, and Democratic Committee leader for the New York State Assembly district.

Duration

79:14

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

1 Microcassette

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Ausio

Subject LCSH

Legislators—United States; United States.--Congress.--House; Holtzman, Elizabeth--Interviews

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Keywords

Women's Rights Movement; political activism; equality in law school; Discrimination; Nineteen fifties; Nineteen sixties; Nineteen seventies; Civil Rights Movement; Thurgood Marshall; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Accessibility

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Files

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Item Information

About this Collection

Collection Description

Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s and 2010s. The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

Citation

“Interview with Elizabeth Holtzman,” Digital Collections, accessed January 15, 2025, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1242.