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- Creators: Hayden, Carl T.
- Creators: Quesada, Dora Ocampo, 1921-1998
- Resource Type: Sound
An audio recording of the award ceremony featuring remarks from Senator Hayden, US Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman and US Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall.
In this recording, Dora Quesada discusses her work to oppose the Gosnell land swap, her parents' teaching that political activism is a necessity, her early political activity, the Latin American Club of Arizona, and her interest in and efforts to preserve Arizona's Mexican-American history.
In this recording, Dora Quesada discusses her career, including her experiences as a military nurse, time as a civilian nurse, and later work as a public school teacher. Among the subjects she covers are racism in the medical and educational fields; conflicts with other medical professionals; the breakdown in relationships between parents, teachers, and school boards beginning in the 1960s, which she attributes to defensiveness on the part of parents; teaching methods and class sizes; political issues involved in teaching; and advocacy to end exploitation of and improve conditions for students.