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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
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| Other authors / contributors: | Johnson, Eddie Bernice, 1934- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 March 7.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 June 18.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 June 26.
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| Summary: | U.S. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson was born on December 3, 1935 in Waco, Texas. She graduated from Saint Mary's College of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana in 1955 with her nursing certificate. Johnson then began work as a psychiatric nurse at the Dallas Veterans Administration Hospital and was eventually promoted to chief psychiatric nurse. Johnson earned her B.S. degree in nursing from the Harris School for Nursing at Texas Christian University in 1967. In 1972, she left the hospital to run for the Texas House of Representatives. In 1976, Johnson earned her M.P.A. degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and in 1977, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1986, Johnson was elected to the Texas Senate and in 1992, she successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives. In 2001, Johnson served as Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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