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How Women Started on the Docks — Dave Arian

Oct 25, 2018

 
Former ILWU president, Dave Arian tells the story of how the first woman to work on the docks got her start when her father died and she had no brothers to inherit his union book.
 


Other Memories Of Dave Arian

  • A Labor Day tribute to labor/union leader Dave Arian
  • Progressive Activism of the Arian Family — Dave Arian
  • Racial Strife on the Docks in the 1950s — Dave Arian
  • Bananas to Containers, Evolution of Dockwork — Dave Arian
  • How Women Started on the Docks — Dave Arian
  • Harry Bridges M&M Contract — Dave Arian

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  • Batter Up! Little League at Peck Park — Mel Lindsey
  • Coming to America from Italy — Tommy Amalfitano
  • Baking Easter Bread with Grandma — Florence Kleinjan
  • Dive Bars of San Pedro – John Bagakis
  • Italian & Croatian Assimilation Survey — Nicholas Lovrich
  • Working at the News Pilot — Dan Hoffman
  • Starting San Pedro Brewing Company — James Brown
  • Great Grandmother’s Homemade Tortillas! — Florence Kleinjan
  • A San Pedro Croatian Fisherman’s Kid at Stanford — Nick Lovrich
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