Speech Material,, 1919 (1937)-1994

Summary: Documents kept as reference material for speeches given by Mary G. Roebling. Document types include articles, journals, newsletters, correspondence, notes, pamphlets, speeches by Mary G. Roebling and others, press releases, maps, newspaper clippings, and a record album.

Subjects vary and are numerous, including women, art, humor, foreign policy, banking, the military, defense spending, Christmas, capitalism, communism, socialism, Korea, Sweden, civil rights, New Jersey, social security, stocks, finance, education, law, and poetry.

Of particular interest are the files that Roebling kept of magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, and government documents about women which span the period 1919 to 1994, including files on women and business, women's liberation, women and government and women veterans. Among these are Roebling's responses to questions sent to her by a student (O'Neill, Erin file) concerning the establishment of women's banks and the status of women in society. Also of interest is the Public Relations file which contains a proposed plan to make Roebling more well known.