Healey, Dorothy (Ray)
HEALEY, Dorothy (Ray)
HEALEY, Dorothy (Ray). American, b. 1914. Genres: Autobiography/Memoirs, Politics/Government, Documentaries/Reportage. Career: United Cannery, Agricultural & Packing-House Workers' Union, vice president, 1937-40; State of California, deputy labor commissioner, 1940-43; Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers' Union, international representative, 1944-46; Communist Party of Southern California, chair, 1949-69; writer. Publications: (with Maurice Isserman) Dorothy Healey Remembers a Life in the American Communist Party, Oxford University Press, 1990.
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