Josie Heath Collection 1960-1990 1976-1990

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Josie Heath Collection 1960-1990 1976-1990

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The collection contains the papers of Boulder County politician and activist Josie Heath (1937- ). The collection spans from 1970 to 1990 and is comprised of correspondence, newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, memorandums, pamphlets, and minutes from her political campaigns and various other committees and organizations. Also included are papers from her time as Boulder County Commissioner, as well as the women’s organizations Heath helped to establish and promote. The Josie Heath Collection

14.5 Linear Feet and Oversize, Political Papers

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University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Archives Dept.

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Heath, Josie, 1937-

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Josie Ward Heath was born in San Jose, California in 1937, however, Heath was raised in Forest Grove, Oregon by her mother for the early part of her life. In third grade, her mother, a waitress in the bus depot cafe, married her father, who was a clerk at a local hardware store. Heath was exposed to social injustice at the young age of nine when she worked in the fields with migrant workers picking beans and strawberries to buy clothes for herself.(1) Heath continued working through...

Colorado Commission on Women

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Women's Foundation of Colorado

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