Mitford was a distinguished professor for the one semester in 1973 at San Jose State University, where she taught a course called "The American Way" that covered the Watergate scandal and the McCarthy era. The dean insisted that the rule was that she had to swear a loyalty oath end be fingerprinted, although this was not in her contract; she objected, and the campus was thrown into protests and she was forced to go to court to remain able to teach.
mitford was a distinguished professor for the one semester in 1973 at san jose state university where she taught a course called "the american way" that covered the watergate scandal and the mccarthy era the dean insisted that the rule was that she had to swear a loyalty oath end be fingerprinted although this was not in her contract; she objected and the campus was thrown into protests and she was forced to go to court to remain able to teach