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Description
Activist and folk singer; describes her social work with poor and migrant farm workers, 1930s and 1940s; her time as a shipfitter during World War II; her longtime affiliations with the I.W.W., the California State Employees Association, the San Francisco Folk Music Club, and the Freedom Song Network; her career as a folk singer; and her life as a single mother, feminist, and committed leftist.
Type
sound
Format
Master Audio cassette
Form/Genre
Oral histories
Extent
5 Tapes of 5
Identifier
Oral History Collection csfst_000019_t1; csfst_000019_t2; csfst_000019_t3; csfst_000019_t4; csfst_000019_t5
Language
English
Subject
Agricultural laborers--California--1930-1940 Folk singers--California--San Francisco Bay Area--Interviews Migrant labor--California--1930-1940 World War, 1939-1945--Women--California California State Employees' Association Industrial Workers of the World San Francisco Folk Music Club
Place
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Provenance
Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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