| LC control no. | n 97109668 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Fraser, Clara, 1923-1998 |
| Variant(s) | Frazer, Clara, 1923-1998 |
| See also | Founded corporate body of person: Radical Women |
| Other standard no. | Q5125986 116908800 0000 0000 8326 9478 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Chicago (Ill.) Los Angeles (Calif.) Seattle (Wash.) |
| Birth date | 1923-03-12 |
| Death date | 1998-02-24 |
| Place of birth | Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Place of death | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Field of activity | Socialist feminism |
| Affiliation | Young People's Socialist League Socialist Workers Party Radical Women Freedom Socialist Party (U.S.) Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center Seattle City Light |
| Profession or occupation | Socialists |
| Found in | Revolution, she wrote, 1998: CIP t.p. (Clara Fraser) data sheet (Fraser, Clara Doris; b. 03-12-23; foremost theorist of socialist feminism in the U.S. and founder of the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women) NUCMC data from U. of Washington Lib. for Fraser, R., collection, 1905-1949 (Clara Fraser; variant: Clara Frazer) Guide to the Clara and Richard Fraser papers, via University of Washington Special Collections website, May 5, 2016 (Clara Fraser was born Clara Doris Goodman in Los Angeles on March 12, 1923 to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents; joined The Young People's Socialist League in 1930s; enrolled at University of California Los Angeles in 1939, receiving degrees in English, Drama, and Education. She married at 18, and she and her husband moved to Chicago. After World War II, they returned to Los Angeles where Fraser began to work with the Socialist Workers Party. They next moved to Seattle to organize a Socialist Workers party in that city. In 1966, Fraser and other feminists began a free college class titled "Marx and the Women's Question" which was the beginning of the Women's Studies Program at the University of Washington. Soon after she joined the original Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC). She helped found Radical Women and the Freedom Socialist Party. After being fired from SOIC, she was hired by Seattle City Light as an education coordinator, 1973, but in 1974 she was the leading figure in the walkout of City Light employees. After returning to work, she was fired for what Fraser contends was her part in the strike. She appealed this dismissal which resulted in a legendary court case that was settled in her favor, in 1981; Fraser died on February 24, 1998 in Seattle) Social Security death index, via Ancestry.com, May 5, 2016 (Clara D. Fraser; born 12 Mar 1923; died 24 Feb 1998; last residence: Seattle, Washington) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | n 87890119 |
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