Interview with Claudia J. Cox, July 29, 1987
Project: Remembering the Vote and Much More Oral History Project
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Claudia J. Cox lost her mother when she was about a year old, and she and her siblings were raised by their father who was a cattle rancher and livestock dealer. Her father and the four children worked in the fields raising corn in Lawrence County, Kentucky. She had some memories of women voting, but she didn't vote for a few years because "voting was for menfolk." Claudia also talks about why the law gave custody of her daughter to her ex-husband after their divorce.Interview Accession
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Feminism Lawrence County (Ky.) Louisa (Ky.) Political campaigns. Voting rights Women and politicsInterview Rights
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Cox, Claudia J. Interview by Linda Wireman. 29 Jul. 1987. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Cox, C.J. (1987, July 29). Interview by L. Wireman. Remembering the Vote and Much More Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Cox, Claudia J., interview by Linda Wireman. July 29, 1987, Remembering the Vote and Much More Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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