The red angel : the life and times of Elaine Black Yoneda, 1906-1988 / by Vivian McGuckin Raineri.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : International Publishers, 1991.Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 332 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 071780688X :
  • 0717806863 :
  • 9780717806867
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/4/092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ 1413 .Y66 R35 1991
Partial contents:
Part one: 1. Childhood and youth (1906 - 1923) -- 2. Work and marriage (1923 - 1929) -- 3. Don't starve - fight (1929 - 1930) -- 4. The transformation of Elaine (1930 - 1931) -- 5. Commitment (1931 - 1932) -- 6. Change of scene in San Francisco (1933) -- 7. Vigilante terrorism -- 8. Voices from prison -- 9. Trouble on the waterfront (1934) -- 10. Reign of Terror --
Part two: 11. Class war escalates (1934 - 1935) -- 12. Facing (1935) -- 13. "Organize!" -- 14. Matrimony at last -- 15. The "tiger girl" emerges (1936) -- 16. People on the move (1936 - 1937) -- 17. Back to the mother lode (1938) -- 18. Tom Mooney freed (1939) -- 19. Bridges' victory -- 20. "The women's slant" --
Part three: 21. War clouds (1940 - 1941) -- 22. A time of infamy (1941 - 1942) -- 23. The Tolan Hearings (1942) -- 24. Concentration camp, USA -- 25. Keep the homes fires burning (1942 - 1943) -- 26. Meanwhile - other battles (1943) -- 27. Return to San Francisco (1944-1945) --
Part four: 28. The war is over! (1945) -- 29. Adventures in chicken farming (1946 - 1950s) -- 30. The cold war years -- 31. Marching in sisterhood (1960s) -- 32. Redress and reparations (1969 - 1970s) -- 33. Elaine Black Yoneda (Sept. 4, 1906 - May 6, 1988).
Summary: "A fast moving, vibrant biography of an outstanding communist activist for labor's rights, civil rights, peace and justice." -- From Google BooksSummary: "The Red Angel is an interweaving of many sources. For Elaine's early life and her work with the ILD (International Labor Defense) in the 1930s...(add more) -- From preface.
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HQ 1413 .Y66 R35 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21110025
BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HQ 1413 .Y66 R35 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan This copy was signed by the author with a note. NPML21020025

Includes appendices.

There are a list of illustrations representing Elaine Black Yoneda in political struggles.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310) and index.

Part one: 1. Childhood and youth (1906 - 1923) -- 2. Work and marriage (1923 - 1929) -- 3. Don't starve - fight (1929 - 1930) -- 4. The transformation of Elaine (1930 - 1931) -- 5. Commitment (1931 - 1932) -- 6. Change of scene in San Francisco (1933) -- 7. Vigilante terrorism -- 8. Voices from prison -- 9. Trouble on the waterfront (1934) -- 10. Reign of Terror --

Part two: 11. Class war escalates (1934 - 1935) -- 12. Facing (1935) -- 13. "Organize!" -- 14. Matrimony at last -- 15. The "tiger girl" emerges (1936) -- 16. People on the move (1936 - 1937) -- 17. Back to the mother lode (1938) -- 18. Tom Mooney freed (1939) -- 19. Bridges' victory -- 20. "The women's slant" --

Part three: 21. War clouds (1940 - 1941) -- 22. A time of infamy (1941 - 1942) -- 23. The Tolan Hearings (1942) -- 24. Concentration camp, USA -- 25. Keep the homes fires burning (1942 - 1943) -- 26. Meanwhile - other battles (1943) -- 27. Return to San Francisco (1944-1945) --

Part four: 28. The war is over! (1945) -- 29. Adventures in chicken farming (1946 - 1950s) -- 30. The cold war years -- 31. Marching in sisterhood (1960s) -- 32. Redress and reparations (1969 - 1970s) -- 33. Elaine Black Yoneda (Sept. 4, 1906 - May 6, 1988).

"A fast moving, vibrant biography of an outstanding communist activist for labor's rights, civil rights, peace and justice." -- From Google Books

"The Red Angel is an interweaving of many sources. For Elaine's early life and her work with the ILD (International Labor Defense) in the 1930s...(add more) -- From preface.

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