Huiswoud, Hermina Dumont, 1905-1998.

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Hermina (Hermie) Dumont Huiswoud (1905-1998), was born in British Guiana (now Guyana), and migrated to New York in 1919. In 1926 she married Otto Eduard Huiswoud (1893-1961), born in Dutch Guiana (now Suriname) and a charter member of the Communist Party of the United States of America, also active in international communist activities, including heading the Profinterns International Trade Union Committee of Negro Workers, and edited their publication, The Negro Worker, under the name Charles Woodson. As the wife of Otto Huiswoud, Hermina accompanied him to Moscow, Paris, Antwerp and Amsterdam, where she settled in 1949, and actively participated in activities associated with the Left, and wrote articles for radical publications. Langston Hughes was one of her friends and correspondents.

From the description of Hermina Dumont Huiswoud papers, ca. 1890-1996 (bulk [1928-1996]). (New York University). WorldCat record id: 475323887

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associatedWith Communist International. corporateBody
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associatedWith Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. person
associatedWith Huiswoud, Otto Eduard, 1893-1961. person
associatedWith Red International of Labor Unions. corporateBody
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Birth 1905

Death 1998

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