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| Title | Oral history interview with Susan Winchester |
| Interviewee | Winchester, Susan |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 10/11/2007 |
| Abstract | Susan Winchester is among the few women who have served in the Oklahoma state legislature; elected to the House of Representatives in 1998, served through 2008; did not seek re-election in 2008; born in Chickasha; grew up on the farm; graduated from the University of Oklahoma; grandfather was a Colorado state senator and a strong influence in the overall political arena; politically active great aunt took her to register to vote on her twenty-first birthday; registered as a Republican; ran an aerial spraying business; graduate degree; employed by Career Tech; pilots license; deciding to run for elected office; husband appointed federal administrative law judge and assigned to New Orleans; predecessor helped with the campaign; campaign slogan, She gets the job done; ran hard for re-election; knocking on doors and direct mailing; election night watch party; women voters; men voters; negotiating first bill, a tax credit for the Oklahoma City National Memorial; lone woman in freshman class; office was in the area called the fish bowl; bill reading; receptions and eating; having a sixth grader at home; Larry Ferguson as mentor; impact of term limits, seventy-one people who have been here three years or less, out of one-hundred and one; loss of institutional memory; Safe-haven bill or Abandoned Baby bill; first woman to serve as Speaker Pro Tempore; first woman minority whip; committees; political philosophy; Womens Caucus; Odilia Dank and Kathleen Wilcoxson; food; advice for women considering running for elected office; campaign financing; house compared with the senate; deciding what bills to sponsor; bill to take candy out of elementary school vending machines; grandmothers influences; ability to work with people; golfs; and graduated from flight school at Oklahoma State University. |
| Subject | Winchester, Susan, 1950- ; Legislators --Oklahoma ; Oklahoma --Politics and government ; Oklahoma. Legislature ; Oklahoma. Legislature. House of Representatives ; Women in politics --Oklahoma |
| Description | Susan Winchester was interviewed October 11, 2007 as part of the Women of the Oklahoma Legislature Oral History Project. Mrs. Winchester was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1998 and served through 2008. She represented House District 47 and was a member of the Republican Party. Mrs. Winchester shares her memories of growing up on a farm and helping with the family aerial spraying business. She also discusses campaigning, the impact of term limits, legislation she sponsored such as the Abandoned Baby bill, and thoughts about running for and serving in an elected office. |
| Digital Publisher | OOHRP-Oklahoma State University Library |
| Collection | Women of the Oklahoma Legislature |
| Interview Number | WOL_020 |
| 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 | Excerpt 1 |
| Interviewee | Winchester, Susan |
| Interviewer | Finchum, Tanya |
| Interview Date | 10/11/2007 |
| Subject | Winchester, Susan, 1950- ; Legislators --Oklahoma ; Oklahoma --Politics and government ; Oklahoma. Legislature ; Oklahoma. Legislature. House of Representatives ; Women in politics --Oklahoma |
| Description | In this audio excerpt, Susan Winchester talks about her first office at the Capitol. |
| Format | audio/.mp3 |
| Digital Publisher | OOHRP-Oklahoma State University Library |
| Collection | Women of the Oklahoma Legislature |
| Interview Number | WOL_020 |
| 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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