Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Title:
Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Number of Pages:
42
Description:
Prokop's career history; LBJ's vice presidential staff and Prokop's duties; LBJ's dissatisfaction with his vice presidency; how President Kennedy's staff viewed LBJ and his staff; Kennedy staff's lack of appreciation for LBJ's talents; why Prokop left the vice president's office and LBJ's response to her departure; how LBJ treated his staff; LBJ's view of the East Coast intellectual elite; LBJ's opinion of the Texas Observer; LBJ's willingness to help his staff with personal matters; Prokop leaving LBJ's staff to join the Commission on the Status of Women staff; Liz Carpenter's involvement in the Commission on the Status of Women; the early days of the women's movement; how the goals of the women's movement have changed; Eleanor Roosevelt's involvement in the Commission; opening the Office of Consumer Affairs and its the early work; Esther Peterson as head of Consumer Affairs; White House assistants interfering in program directors' access to the president; the relationship between the Department of Labor and the Consumer Affairs office
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Interviewee:
Ruth Prokop
Interviewer(s):
Michael L. Gillette
Specific Item Type:
Oral history
Type:
Text
Format:
Paper
Identifier:
oh-prokopr-19741204-1-08-23
Date:
1974-12-04
Time Period:
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Citation
Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette,
LBJ Library Oral Histories,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed May 06, 2024,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/oh-prokopr-19741204-1-08-23