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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Aileen Clarke Hernandez
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Aileen Clarke Hernandez.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (11 video files (4 hr., 48 min., 35 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Activist Aileen Clarke Hernandez was born on May 23, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Howard University with her B.A. degree in political science in 1947. She then earned her M.S. degree in government from California State University at Los Angeles in 1961 while working with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). In 1962, she was appointed assistant chief of the California Division of Fair Employment Practices and commissioner of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1966, she co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and became president in 1970. In 1971, Hernandez helped found the National Women's Political Caucus and served on the board of the Ms. Foundation. Hernandez is president of Hernandez and Associates which she founded in 1967. Hernandez passed away on February 13, 2017 at age 90.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Aileen Clarke Hernandez
Aileen Clarke Hernandez
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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