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| Title | Oral history interview with Sally Kern |
| Interviewee | Kern, Sally |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 10/10/2007 |
| Abstract | Sally Kern is among the few women who have served in the Oklahoma state legislature; elected to the House of Representatives in 2004 and currently serving; born in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1946; father was in the insurance business and they moved around; graduated from high school in Liberal, Kansas; went to college; mother was a real estate agent and in insurance; married; finished college at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1971; husband graduated from seminary; earned a teaching certificate; moving around; moved to Oklahoma City in 1996; ministers wife; taught high school social studies and government; deciding to run for office; campaigning; political adviser; a challenging, learning, growing, frustrating, awesome experience; swearing in day; reading and understanding bills; comments on gender aspect; serving constituents; motto is Gods grace is sufficient; Republican women colleagues; presenting a bill; if you can read, you can learn; Reading Sufficiency Act; grandparents raising grandchildren; limited government; Kay Dudley; political philosophy; strict constructionalist; Christian nation; committees; advice for women considering running for elected office; campaign slogan, Vote KERN-servative ; be slow to commit; wardrobe and food; golf; media; library bill; Mouth of the House award; teaching the controversy of evolution; executive assistant; Lincoln Boulevard; and serving the people. |
| Subject | Kern, Sally, 1946- ; Legislators --Oklahoma ; Oklahoma --Politics and government ; Oklahoma. Legislature ; Oklahoma. Legislature. House of Representatives ; Women in politics --Oklahoma |
| Description | Sally Kern was interviewed October 10, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Kern was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 2004 and is currently serving. She represents House District 84 and is a member of the Republican Party. Mrs. Kern discusses the path she traveled to the Capitol, her religious side, and several of the bills she sponsored such as the Reading Sufficiency Act. |
| Digital Publisher | OOHRP-Oklahoma State University Library |
| Collection | Women of the Oklahoma Legislature |
| Interview Number | WOL_019 |
| Rights | This material may not be copied or reproduced without permission. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at liboh@okstate.edu or call 405-744-7685. |
| Identifier | oralhistwol |
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| Title | Full Transcript |
| Interviewee | Kern, Sally |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 10/10/2007 |
| Abstract | Sally Kern is among the few women who have served in the Oklahoma state legislature; elected to the House of Representatives in 2004 and currently serving; born in Jonesboro, Arkansas in 1946; father was in the insurance business and they moved around; graduated from high school in Liberal, Kansas; went to college; mother was a real estate agent and in insurance; married; finished college at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1971; husband graduated from seminary; earned a teaching certificate; moving around; moved to Oklahoma City in 1996; ministers wife; taught high school social studies and government; deciding to run for office; campaigning; political adviser; a challenging, learning, growing, frustrating, awesome experience; swearing in day; reading and understanding bills; comments on gender aspect; serving constituents; motto is Gods grace is sufficient; Republican women colleagues; presenting a bill; if you can read, you can learn; Reading Sufficiency Act; grandparents raising grandchildren; limited government; Kay Dudley; political philosophy; strict constructionalist; Christian nation; committees; advice for women considering running for elected office; campaign slogan, Vote KERN-servative ; be slow to commit; wardrobe and food; golf; media; library bill; Mouth of the House award; teaching the controversy of evolution; executive assistant; Lincoln Boulevard; and serving the people. |
| Subject | Kern, Sally, 1946- ; Legislators --Oklahoma ; Oklahoma --Politics and government ; Oklahoma. Legislature ; Oklahoma. Legislature. House of Representatives ; Women in politics --Oklahoma |
| Description | 24 pages |
| Format | application/.pdf |
| Digital Publisher | OOHRP-Oklahoma State University Library |
| Collection | Women of the Oklahoma Legislature |
| Interview Number | WOL_019 |
| Rights | This material may not be copied or reproduced without permission. For more information, contact the Oklahoma Oral History Research Program at liboh@okstate.edu or call 405-744-7685. |
| Identifier | oralhistwol |
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