McGrath, 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.
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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Subjects:
- Communists
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans in motion pictures
- Political participation
- Self-defense for children
- Self defense for women
- Women civil rights workers
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- California (as recorded)
- Nicaragua (as recorded)
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- Los Angeles (Calif.) (as recorded)
- California--Los Angeles (as recorded)
- California (as recorded)
