Oral history interview with Lavinia Engle [electronic resource], 1967

Biographical Note

Government official

Scope and Contents

Field Secretary, National American Women's Suffrage Association; executive director, Maryland League of Women Voters; 1932 presidential campaign; member of Maryland legislature until 1932; Frank Bane in Social Security Administration; chief, Social Security division of field operations until World War II; regional director, District of Columbia area; decentralization of Social Security programs; Anna Rosenberg

Subjects

• Corning, Peter A., 1935- interviewer.
• Engle, Lavinia Margaret, 1892-1979--Interviews.
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Maryland--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Oral histories.
• Presidents--United States--Election--1932.
• Social security--United States.
• United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
• United States. Social Security Administration.
• Women--Suffrage.
• Women in public life--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1979