Laree Linder, Mayor of Eagle Point Oregon, 1987-1990
Channel: Stories of Southern Oregon
Date: 30/04/2022

Laree Linder was the second woman to be elected mayor in the history of Eagle Point, Oregon, a town chartered in 1911. Her tenure as mayor was characterized by rapid growth, changing demographics and the need to build city infrastructure to support the future. Her successful bid for mayor and her re-election was at a time when Rogue Valley women were increasingly challenging the status quo, when women were actively seeking political office and becoming a force in legal, economic and social services arenas.

Linder's video oral history is part of the Rogue Valley Women's Movement playlist in the Stories of Southern Oregon collection. This project was funded in part by a grant from the Oregon Heritage Commission to Southern Oregon University. For more information on the Rogue Valley Women's Movement stop in at SOU's Hannon Library archives and listen to the recorded broadcasts of About Women, a series broadcast on KSOR (Jefferson Public Radio) from 1982-1987. The series can be found in the Internet Archives in the Stories of Southern Oregon collection.