Guajardo Peña, Frances, 1947-2006,

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Frances Guajardo Peña was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1947 where she graduated from Brackenridge High School. She obtained her associates degree from San Antonio College and attended Incarnate Word College and St. Mary's University. She was a junior member of LULAC and, as a student, she was involved in the Mexican-American Unity Council (MAUC), MANCO (Mexican American Neighborhood Civic Organization), the Brown Berets, and the Raza Unida Party. She married her first husband, Jesse Guerra, in 1969; they divorced in 1977. She was a community volunteer and active with Inner City Advocates, the Committee to Educate on Voting Rights and Procedures, and the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project. She served as MAUC's Assistant Manpower Director and in other capacities on U.S. Department of Labor sponsored programs such as Project Learn to Build, Jobs '70, and Project SER. She lived in Corpus Christi during her first marriage, but returned to San Antonio after her divorce. At the time of the interview, she was married to Albert Peña (Jr.). She died in 2006.

From the description of Oral history interview with Frances Guajardo Peña, 1996 [videorecording]. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 460160769

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associatedWith Bexar County Democratic Party (Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993. person
associatedWith Cisneros, Henry. person
associatedWith Committee to Educate on Voting Rights and Procedures (San Antonio, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Fiestas Patrias (San Antonio, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Green's Jewelers (Corpus Christi, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Guajardo, José Manuel. person
associatedWith Inner City Advocates (San Antonio, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith José Angel Gutiérrez, person
associatedWith League of United Latin American Citizens. corporateBody
associatedWith Mexican American Unity Council (San Antonio, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith Peña, Albert. person
associatedWith Peters, Joyce. person
associatedWith Semana de la Raza (San Antonio, Tex.) corporateBody
associatedWith SER-Jobs for Progress, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Turner, Kay H. 1946- person
associatedWith United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Dept. of Labor. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Texas at Arlington. Center for Mexican American Studies. corporateBody
associatedWith Velez, José person
associatedWith Victor Morales. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Corpus Christi (Tex.)
Texas--Corpus Christi
Texas--San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio (Tex.)
Subject
Chicano movement
Civil rights workers
Demonstrations
Independence Day (Mexico)
Mexican American business enterprises
Mexican American neighborhoods
Mexican Americans
Mexican American students
Public housing
Race discrimination
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Birth 1947

Death 2006

English

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