Activist in the labor movement, the Democratic Party and the Mexican-American community
Subtitle: and related material
By: Hope Schechter; tape recorded interview conducted by Malca Chall in 1977-1978. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1980 :
Contributors: Chall, Malca.; Roybal, Edward Ross, 1916-; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1977
Subjects: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.; Democratic Party (Calif.); Peace Corps. (U.S). National Advisory Council.; Los Angeles Community Service Organization.; Mexican Americans -- California.; Labor unions -- California.; Women in politics -- United States.; Mexican American women -- California -- Interviews.; California -- Politics and government.
Other titles: Women in politics oral history series.
Description: Comments on growing up in Mexican-American community, Los Angeles; work as organizer and business agent, International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 1945-56; work with the Democratic Party in campaigns, state central committee and national conventions, 1949-78; activist in Mexican-American community, including involvement with Commmunty Service Organization; women in political life; service on National Advisory Council on the Peace Corps, 1964-68.

With this: copies of additional documentary material.
Table of contents: value: Reel 1: Jan. 12, 1977. Track 1: 498 ft., track 2: 498 ft.; value: Reel 2: Mar. 20, 1978. Track 1: 500 ft., track 2: 500 ft.; value: Reel 3: Mar. 20, 1978. Track 1: 500 ft., track 2: 499 ft.; value: Reel 4: Mar. 20, 1978. Track 1: 504 ft., track 2: 500 ft.; value: Reel 5: Mar. 21, 1978. Track 1: 504 ft., track 2: 503 ft.; value: Reel 6: Mar. 21, 1978. Track 1: 502 ft., track 2: 501 ft.; value: Reel 7: Mar. 21, 1978. Track 1: 502 ft., track 2: 500 ft.; value: Phonotapes :