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WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY An Oral History Interview with ANN PURCELL Interviewer: .Anita Hecht, Life History Services Recording Date: October 22, 2010 Place: Brooklyn, New York. Length: 2.0 hours Ann Purcell was raised in Washington, DC. She graduated from St. Mary's Academy, a private Catholic girl's school. She received a B.A. from George Washington University and, in 1995, an M. A. from New York University from the Draper School of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Humanities and Social Thought. In 1964, she took a position on Capitol Hill as a receptionist in Sen. William Proxmire's office. .After six months, she was appointed his personal secretary and a legislative aide. She wrote human rights and other speeches, radio scripts, and legislative position papers and correspondence. For the 1970 campaign she did varied and extensive campaign work including co-producing and writing 26 TV films and radio campaign commercials. Purcell recalls that Sen. Proxmire had a knack for picking excellent staff. 'The Senator was always open, professional, non-sexist, and non-discriminatory, and kind to his staff," she said. She remained in his office through his 1970 campaign. She later worked on the Presidential campaign of Senator George McGovern. She eventually moved to New York and became a professional artist whose paintings are in many museums and important private collections. Ms. Purcell was invited to copy-edit this transcript and made a number of small changes. Scholarly researchers may want to listen to the original audio file, which is available by contacting askarchives@wisconsinhistorv.org or submitting feedback from this page. Ann Purcell Transcript 1 Proxmire Oral History Project
Object Description
Title | An oral history interview with Ann Purcell |
Author/Creator | Purcell, Ann |
Additional Authors/Creators | Hecht, Anita |
Description |
Ann Purcell was raised in Washington, DC. She graduated from St. Mary's Academy, a private Catholic girl's school. She received a B.A. from George Washington University and, in 1995, an M.A. from New York University from the Draper School of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Humanities and Social Thought. In 1964, she took a position on Capitol Hill as a receptionist in Sen. William Proxmire's office. .After six months, she was appointed his personal secretary and a legislative aide. She wrote human rights and other speeches, radio scripts, and legislative position papers and correspondence. For the 1970 campaign she did varied and extensive campaign work including co-producing and writing 26 TV films and radio campaign commercials. Purcell recalls that Sen. Proxmire had a knack for picking excellent staff. "The Senator was always open, professional, non-sexist, and non-discriminatory, and kind to his staff" she said. She remained in his office through his 1970 campaign. She later worked on the Presidential campaign of Senator George McGovern. She eventually moved to New York and became a professional artist whose paintings are in many museums and important private collections.
Ms. Purcell was invited to copy-edit this transcript and made a number of small changes. Scholarly researchers may want to listen to the original audio file, which is available by contacting askarchivesfgtwisconsinhistorv.org or submitting feedback from this page. |
Language | English |
Decade | 1960-1969; 1970-1979; |
Format | Interview Transcript |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
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Source Creation Date | 2010-10-22 |
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Language | English |
Format | Interview Transcript |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2011 |
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Full Text | WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY An Oral History Interview with ANN PURCELL Interviewer: .Anita Hecht, Life History Services Recording Date: October 22, 2010 Place: Brooklyn, New York. Length: 2.0 hours Ann Purcell was raised in Washington, DC. She graduated from St. Mary's Academy, a private Catholic girl's school. She received a B.A. from George Washington University and, in 1995, an M. A. from New York University from the Draper School of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Humanities and Social Thought. In 1964, she took a position on Capitol Hill as a receptionist in Sen. William Proxmire's office. .After six months, she was appointed his personal secretary and a legislative aide. She wrote human rights and other speeches, radio scripts, and legislative position papers and correspondence. For the 1970 campaign she did varied and extensive campaign work including co-producing and writing 26 TV films and radio campaign commercials. Purcell recalls that Sen. Proxmire had a knack for picking excellent staff. 'The Senator was always open, professional, non-sexist, and non-discriminatory, and kind to his staff" she said. She remained in his office through his 1970 campaign. She later worked on the Presidential campaign of Senator George McGovern. She eventually moved to New York and became a professional artist whose paintings are in many museums and important private collections. Ms. Purcell was invited to copy-edit this transcript and made a number of small changes. Scholarly researchers may want to listen to the original audio file, which is available by contacting askarchives@wisconsinhistorv.org or submitting feedback from this page. Ann Purcell Transcript 1 Proxmire Oral History Project |
Source Creation Date | 2010-10-22 |