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Patricia Walker Shaw discusses her nomination to the Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Board as the first black woman to hold a position on any Memphis city board of commissioners. Clipping titled “Black Will Be First Woman Nominated to LG&W Board”, 'Commercial Appeal', Memphis, September 6, 1973.
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sc.0109.002_005.003
Date
1973 September 6
Keywords
Shaw, Patricia Walker.
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"Patricia Walker Shaw Nominated to Memphis Light, Gas, and Water Board, 1973" (2021). Documents. 2.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-pwshaw1/2
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