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Gunning, Sarah Ogan, 1910-1983

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Personal name headingGunning, Sarah Ogan, 1910-1983
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Variant(s)Gunning, Sara Ogan, 1910-1983
Gunning, Sara Garland Ogan, 1910-1983
Garland, Sarah Elizabeth, 1910-1983
Ogan, Sara, 1910-1983
Ogan, Sarah, 1910-1983
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedNew York (N.Y.) Michigan
Birth date1910-06-28
Death date1983-11-14
Place of birthBell County (Ky.)
Place of deathKnoxville (Tenn.)
Field of activityOld-time music Protest songs
Profession or occupationSingers
Found inSongs for political action [SR] p1996: Disc one, container (Sara Ogan Gunning) book, p. 57 (Sarah Ogan Gunning; b. Sarah Elizabeth Garland, June 28, 1910, Ely Branch, Kentucky; d. 1983; half-sister of Aunt Molly Jackson) book, p. 79 (Sara Ogan)
Oh my little darling [SR] 2002, p1977: container (Sarah Ogan) insert (nee Garland)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 395 ("Sarah (Garland) Ogan Gunning; born in Bell County, Ky.; became involved in labor union organizing in the 1930s Wrote "Down on the Picket Line" and "Come All Ye Coal Miners", songs in support of the National Miners Union. Moved to New York City in the late 1930s where she sang with Woody Guthrie and Peet Seeger, later moved to Michigan. She died in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 14, 1983.)
Associated languageeng