Personal Papers of Mary A. Marshall, 1938-1992.
(Realia)

RG 65 is arranged into eight series by type of material. Whithin each series the arrangement is generally alphabetical or chronological.

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The personal papers described in this guide were chiefly generated or collected by Mary A. Marshall in the course of her poltical career in the Virginia House of Delegates, 1966-1970 and 1972-1992. Types of material include legislative subject files, legislative bills, press releases, campaign literature and correspondence, engagement calendars, photographs and newspaper clippings.

Mary A. Marshall graduated from Swarthmore College and came to Washington in 1942 to work as an economist in the Department of Justice. Prominent in Arlington County politics in the 1950s and early 1960s, she was elected in 1965 as a Democrat to represent Arlington in the House of Delegates. In the General Assembly, she chaired the Counties, Cities, and Towns Committee on Health Institutions and Welfare, and the Roads and Internal Navigation Committee. She showed special interest in legislation concerning the elderly and served on the Federal Council on Aging, 1978-1981. She introduced legislation protecting the rights of the mentally ill and disabled and the first statewide child care licensing law. Her subject files and collection of bills she sponsored document her efforts on behalf of high quality public education and equity for women.

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