Josephine Fowler papers 1883-2005

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Josephine Fowler papers 1883-2005

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Josephine Fowler was a scholar, writer, and activist who researched early activity of the Communist Party in the United States, particularly by Asian immigrants and Asian Americans, as well as gay and lesbian activism. The collection consists of copied primary research materials, typed and handwritten notes, scholarly articles, transparencies, and correspondence related to Fowler's research, teaching, and writing.

51 boxes (25.5 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Communist Party of the United States of America

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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), a Marxist-Leninist party aligned with the Soviet Union, was founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution by the left wing members of the Socialist Party USA. These split into two groups, with each holding founding conventions in Chicago in September 1919: one which established the Communist Labor Party, and a second which established the Communist Party of America. In a 1920 Joint Unity Convention, a minority faction of t...

Fowler, Josephine

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Biography Josephine Fowler was born on February 7, 1957 in San Francisco, California to parents Joseph William Fowler and Nevi Unti Isaura Fowler. With her two sisters, she spent her early years surrounded by an extended family of Italian American relatives on her mother's side and by New England and English Canadian grandparents on her father's side. At the age of five, her family left San Francisco and lived in many cities across North Amer...