Barbara Franklin Oral History Interview Former Secretary of Commerce Barbara Franklin talked about her work as a staff assistant to President Nixon from 1971 to 1973. During her time in the Nixon administration she led the effort to recruit women for high-level government jobs. She described how she was recruited and the work she did while in that office.

This is a portion of the interview conducted by Timothy Naftali and Paul Musgrave on March 7, 2007, in Yorba Linda, California, for the Nixon Presidential Materials Staff at the National Archives and Records Administration, soon to be part of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. close