University of Nevada
Oral History Program
Mail Stop 0324
Reno, NV 89557-0324
775/784-6932
Fax: 775/784-1365
Email: ohp@unr.nevada.edu
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Room 109 of the Mack Social Science Building on the University of Nevada, Reno campus
Through the Glass Ceiling A Life in Nevada Politics In 2000, an anonymous $10,000 donation was given to the Nevada Women's History Project (NWHP) to document the life history of former Nevada Lieutenant Governor Sue Wagner. The University of Nevada Oral History Program undertook the project, and interviews with Ms. Wagner were conducted by Victoria Ford beginning in July of 2000. The transcripts from those interviews form the basis for Sue Wagner's oral history, Through the Glass Ceiling. The book chronicles Ms. Wagner's life, from her childhood in Maine through her political career in Nevada, which spanned several decades. She served in the Nevada Assembly from 1975-1980 and in the Nevada Senate from 1981-1989, and in 1990 she was elected as Nevada's first female lieutenant governor. Along with her political career, her oral history also documents her family life and the dual tragedies of her husband's fatal plane crash in 1980 and her own serious injuries resulting from a plane crash ten years later. Ms. Wagner is still active in state affairs, serving on the Nevada Gaming Commission and coordinating a University of Nevada, Reno, internship program with the state legislature. The publication of this book was generously supported with gifts from James and Loretta McCormick, Marilyn Melton, Maya Miller, and Tom and Joyce King. Sue Wagner, Through the Glass Ceiling: A Life in Nevada Politics, with Victoria Ford. Reno: UNOHP, 2005. (softcover, 474 pages, illustrations, $29.95) ISBN 1-56475-389-1 |
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