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A woman's place in science and public affairs, 1932-1973

by Anne deGruchy Low-Beer Dettner, Sally Smith Hughes, Gabrielle S. Morris, Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office

RadiologistsInterviewsDepressionsNew Deal, 1933-1939RadiologyResearchWomen scientistsBiochemists

Anne Dettner discusses her San Francisco family and 19th century forebears, her education at the University of California and Stanford, the Great Depression and serving as California Director of the National Youth Administration during the New Deal, her career in radiology at Stanford and Berkeley, her life with Bertram Low-Beer and George Dettner, and various public service activities especially the League of Women Voters.

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