Kinney, Marion S., Mrs.

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During Marion Kinney's early life she was a grape picker, a boxmaker at age 15, a farm laborer, and a machinist. Her family had believed in Socialism. Ms Kinney was executive secretary of the Washington Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. It was organized in 1948 to protect foreign-born citizens from denaturalization and deportation under the Walter-McCarran Immigration law. She also operated the Frontier Bookstore, and has been active in the Communist Party, U.S.A.

From the guide to the Marion S. Kinney papers, circa 1940-1981, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)

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