Ortiz, Bobbye S.

Variant names
Dates:
Active 1950
Active 1985
English, French, Spanish; Castilian, Western Frisian,

Biographical notes:

Social activist and Marxist feminist.

From the description of Sound recordings, ca. 1950-1985 [sound recordings]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 682068304

From the description of Papers, 1930-1990. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 45279917

From the description of Bobbye Ortiz Papers, 1919-1993 and n.d. (bulk 1950-1990). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 78696887

From the description of Sound recordings, ca. 1950-1985 [sound recording]. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 45442632

1918, July 2 Born in Memphis, Tenn. 1928 1929 Attended Lockhart-Moore Academy, Little Rock, Ark. 1929 1930 Attended Fassifern School, Hendersonville, N.C. 1930 1932 Attended Kidd-Key College and Conservatory, Sherman, Tex. 1932 1933 Henderson State Teachers College, Arkadelphia, Ark. 1933 1935 Undergraduate at Barnard College at age 15 1935 1937 University of Chicago 1939 1944 Lived in Mexico 1939 Married to Robert G. Colodny, separated 1940 1940 1952 Married to Cesar Ortiz 1942, May 6 Daughter Victoria born 1951 1953 Studied at the Sorbonne, Paris and traveled extensively in Europe 1953 1956 Lived in England 1957 Returned to United States 1960 B.A. in Spanish, New York University 1963 M.A. in Spanish, New York University 1963, Fall Teaching assistant in Spanish, NYU 1968 1983 Associate Editor, Monthly Review 1979 Co-founder of WIRE (Women's International Resource Exchange) 1989 Awarded the Arthur J. Felberbaum Award from the New York Marxist School 1990, June 15 Died, New York City

From the guide to the Bobbye S. Ortiz Papers, (bulk, 1919-1993 and undated, 1950-1990), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

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Subjects:

  • Adoption
  • Civil rights movement
  • Communism
  • Feminism
  • Feminist music
  • Feminists
  • Folk songs
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Nineteen sixties
  • Protest songs
  • Radicalism
  • Social movements
  • Student movements
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Women
  • Women
  • Women's periodicals

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Places:

  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • Caribbean Area (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • Chile (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)
  • Central America (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Chile (as recorded)
  • China (as recorded)
  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Chile (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Central America (as recorded)
  • Central America (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Argentina (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • Mississippi (as recorded)
  • Caribbean Area (as recorded)
  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Argentina (as recorded)
  • Central America (as recorded)
  • Latin America (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)
  • Mississippi (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)

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