Anne Kracik Draper (March 4, 1917 - March 25, 1973) was an American trade unionist and activist. Born in 1917 to Polish immigrants in

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, she graduated from

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. She and her husband,

Hal Draper Hal Draper (born Harold Dubinsky; September 19, 1914 – January 26, 1990) was an American socialist activist and author who played a significant role in the Berkeley, California, Free Speech Movement. He is known for his extensive scholarship on ...

, were leading figures in the International Socialists, a Trotskyist group. She was the West Coast Union Labor Director for the

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(ACWA). She was an active supporter of

Cesar Chavez Cesario Estrada Chavez (; ; March 31, 1927 – April 23, 1993) was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and lesser known Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), ...

and the

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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

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and at the California Historical Society's North Baker Research Library.

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