Dee Hardison became only the second woman to become mayor of Torrance when she won the office in 1994. She directly followed the city’s first female mayor, Katy Geissert, who served two terms from 1986 to 1994. But Hardison achieved a whole lot more before and after her two productive terms as mayor. She wasContinue reading “Dee Hardison’s stint as Torrance mayor was only part of her service to the city”
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President Jimmy Carter makes a campaign stop at North High in Torrance in 1980
When President Jimmy Carter’s re-election campaign advisers were planning a key West Coast swing through Washington, Oregon and California in mid-September 1980, they decided to hold the campaign’s 19th Town Hall meeting in Southern California. The Town Halls were question and answer sessions with rank and file voters on topics of their choosing. Under theContinue reading “President Jimmy Carter makes a campaign stop at North High in Torrance in 1980”
