STONEANNA

Interview with Anna Stone, 1973

 

1973-05-17

 

Interviewer: Ades, William

Stone was the first female Executive Board Member of the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, starting in 1973. Born in Colorado in 1923, Stone lived in San Diego most of her life. She worked for three years with the Communications Workers of America Local 9509, then became head of Local 139 of the Office Workers Union, where she was working at the time of this interview. In this interview, Stone discusses the following topics: her family background; her motivations for getting involved with union work; activities involved with her job, particularly speaking and organizing; labor demonstrations and lobbying in state capitols; what goes on in an organizing drive; receptiveness of men and other board members to her; the need for active involvement by women in the labor movement; her feelings on the women's liberation movement and personal refusal to take a man's place in the world; the traditional roles of women in the home; and future goals.

Women's liberation movement; Labor unions; Gender roles; Interviews; Oral histories; Anna Stone; William Ades; Discrimination against women; San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council; Communlcatlons Workers of Amerlca
Local 9509; Secretaries; Bookkeepers; Treasurers; Business representatives (labor unions); American Federation of Labor/Congress of International Organizations; Committee on Political Education (AFL/CIO); C.O.P.E.; AFL/CIO; Women in politics; Counselling; Job market; Demonstrations (protests); Public speaking; Strike actions; Lobbyists; Minimum wage; Union organizing drives; National Labor Relations Board; NLRB; Labor union contract negotiations; Labor Leader (publication); Wage equality; Women in labor unions; Feminism; Equal opportunity

 

California - San Diego

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English

 

Reel-to-reel audiotape

00:38:11

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Audio

MP3

17.48 MB