McGrath, Alice, 1917-2009
Variant namesAlice Greenfield was born in 1917; the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants, she grew up in Los Angeles, CA; went to work as the executive secretary for the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee, 1942-44; married briefly to poet Thomas McGrath and later married martial arts instructor and author Bruce Tegner; wrote books on and taught self-defense for women for twenty-five years; worked with Luis Valdez on his play, Zoot suit, which was based on the Sleepy Lagoon case; coordinated groups of Americans to Nicaragua to examine its social and political climate, 1984-1990.
From the description of Papers, 1943-1990. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 37862557
Antidiscrimination activist, sales representative for Grove Press books, teacher of self-defense and assault prevention.
From the description of The education of Alice McGrath : oral history transcript / by Michael Balter, under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214588125
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| creatorOf | Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee. Records, 1942-1945. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| creatorOf | McGrath, Alice, 1917-2009. Papers, 1943-1990. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| creatorOf | McGrath, Alice, 1917-. The education of Alice McGrath : oral history transcript / by Michael Balter, under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987. | UC Berkeley Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Balter, Michael S. | person |
| associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America (Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Leyvas, Henry. | person |
| associatedWith | Margolis, Benjamin. | person |
| associatedWith | McGrath, Thomas, 1916-1990. | person |
| associatedWith | McWilliams, Carey, 1905-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Schechter, Max. | person |
| associatedWith | Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee (Los Angeles, Calif.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Tegner, Bruce. | person |
| associatedWith | University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Valdez, Luis. | person |
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| Mexican Americans in motion pictures |
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| Self-defense for children |
| Self defense for women |
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Person
Birth 1917-04-05
Death 2009-11-27
