hobby's legacy
" ...we tried to get her to write a book or a memoir or just sit with a tape recorder with my niece or my cousin who was a literary person...she refused to do it. She kept saying “Well it would compromise too many people whose names you wouldn't have known.” Well I didn't point out that all those people were dead. But she had photographic recall of history but she was so private that she never wanted to spit it back out as her legacy."
-Paul Hobby, Grandson of Oveta Culp Hobby,
Personal Interview, February 5, 2015.
-Paul Hobby, Grandson of Oveta Culp Hobby,
Personal Interview, February 5, 2015.
Mrs. Hobby, Courtesy of Rice University, Woodson Research Center
Hobby's work has left a lasting legacy in Houston as well as the whole country. Her work had great political and social impacts making society what it is today.
" ...she contributed much to our nation's success over the course of her life. Oveta Culp Hobby's work as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare and her service throughout the public sector helped to promote opportunity and personal security for millions of Americans . Our nation is stronger, safer, and healthier as a result, and we will always be grateful for her service."
-Letter of Sympathy from Bill Clinton, Courtesy of Rice University, Woodson Research Center |
"She was really smart in her ability to manage getting things done ...she was good with people and the other thing ...she was really good at was learning. She recognized when she didn't know about something and figured out a way to go and find out about it."
-Personal Interview with Debra Winegarten, February 2, 2015.
-Personal Interview with Debra Winegarten, February 2, 2015.
Images in slideshow are Courtesy of Woodson Research Center
"So the most inspiring thing is that she could sort of see her own psyche and cancel out bad thoughts with good thoughts...I think what was so inspiring is that she ...she had a humanity to her but she recognized her lesser instincts."
-Paul Hobby, Grandson of Oveta Culp Hobby,
Personal Interview, February 5, 2015.
-Paul Hobby, Grandson of Oveta Culp Hobby,
Personal Interview, February 5, 2015.