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Anne Draper
Anne Kracik Draper (March 4, 1917 - March 25, 1973) was an American trade unionist and activist. Born in 1917 to Polish immigrants in New York City, she graduated from Hunter College. She and her husband, Hal Draper, were leading figures in the International Socialists, a Trotskyist group. She was the West Coast Union Labor Director for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). She was an active supporter of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers as well as the founder of the Labor Assembly for Peace and Union W.A.G.E. (Women's Alliance to Gain Equity). Her papers are held at Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ... and at the California Historical Society's North Baker Research Library. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Draper, Anne 1917 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
