Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Van der Vries, Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1935-56, discusses her activities and concerns in the General Assembly: work with health, welfare, and education legislation; interstate governmental cooperation; municipal codes; the Illinois War Council; the Council of State Governments; "women on juries" bill; and women in the legislature. She also discusses her life before the General Assembly: family and childhood at...