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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated July 21, 1961 partially reads, "Politicians who have clashed with Mrs. Ethel Narvid sometimes call her brilliant...In 1954, with no political background, she joined the Van Nuys Democratic Club. The next year, she was its president. She managed the campaigns that put Jim Corman on the city council and then moved him to Congress. While serving as Corman's field deputy ( [sic] the first and only woman deputy in the history of the Los Angeles City Council, she took time off to manage Pat Brown's gubernatorial campaign....Now she's preparing for her fourth campaign: Corman's re-election in 1962 in the new 22nd Congressional District." Pictured is Ethel Narvid, as she checks mail at Corman's district office in Van Nuys.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Campaign managers Political participation--California--Los Angeles Women in politics--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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