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Title: Cora Leilani Flood, 1915-1930
Alternative Title: M. I. Flood (female)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1915/1930
[1915-1930]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Cora Leilani (Lani) Flood, born in Hawaii, was the wife of army veteran Joe P. Flood. She was the financial secretary and publicist for the National Council for Negro Women. Also, she was secretary of the Women’s Auxiliary of Benjamin Bowie Post No. 228, American Legion. During World War II she volunteered for the United Services Organization. Flood was the mother-in-law of Attorney Herbert A. Greenwood, the Los Angeles City Housing Commissioner.
Studio portrait of Cora Leilani (Lani) Flood, a young African American woman wearing a white blouse.
Written on front of photo: Mrs. J. Flood
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b16_f16_001.tif
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Subject: African American civic leaders
Cora Leilani, Flood, 1897-1964
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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