Tepperman, Jean, 1945-

Jean Tepperman, poet, teacher, writer, and secretary, was born in Syracuse, New York, and graduated from Radcliffe College in 1966. While in college she worked with Students for a Democratic Society at the Dudley Street Action Center in Roxbury, Mass. Members of SDS formed Mothers for Adequate Welfare. From 1966 to 1968, she was a member of JOIN (Jobs Or Income Now) Community Union in Chicago, doing block organizing and other political work. Tepperman was also active in the anti-Vietnam War movement and a founder of Bread and Roses, an early women's liberation group in Boston. More recently she was editor of the Dorchester Community News (1980-1984) and worked for the City Wide Educational Coalition Newsletter (1984-1986). She is the author of Not Servants Not Machines: Office Workers Speak Out (1975).

From the description of Papers, 1974-1975 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122565876