McGrath, Alice, 1917-2009
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McGrath, Alice, 1917-2009
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McGrath, Alice, 1917-2009
McGrath, Alice
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McGrath, Alice Greenfield
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McGrath, Alice, 1917-
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Greenfield, Alice 1917-2009
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Alice 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.
Antidiscrimination activist, sales representative for Grove Press books, teacher of self-defense and assault prevention.
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Communists
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Self-defense for children
Self defense for women
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California
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Nicaragua
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California--Los Angeles
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Los Angeles (Calif.)
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California--Los Angeles
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