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Tamera Guilinger: Making Her Hammer Heard on WWHP Board

Friday, April 6th, 2007

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By Joan McGann Morris Posted April 6, 2007

Recently, Tamera Guilinger was elected unanimously as a member of the Working Women’s History Project’s (WWHP) 2007 Board. She adds a new refreshing distinctive voice, as a proud member of the Chicago Regional Carpenter’s Union, Local 839 of Hoffman Estates, member of Sister’s in the Brotherhood, Chicago NOW, Coalition of Labor Union Women and as member of Chicago Women of the Trades. She comes to us with a rich background and many accolades, including the most recent cover of National Homebuilders Women Build Magazine.
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Side by Side: Great Expectations of a Young Latina

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

luzeve2Side by Side: Great Expectations of a Young Latina

by Luz Loera Posted August 8th, 2006

luzeve1Lado a Lado: Una Gran Expectacions de una Joven Latina. Luz Loera.

Translation by Evelyn Constanza

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Rev. Addie L. Wyatt

Saturday, December 14th, 2002

addie_031Rev. Addie L. Wyatt
Interview by Joan McGann Morris
Working Women’s History Project

“Racism and sexism were economic issues.”

It is December 14, 2002. I am very honored to be in the home of Rev. Addie L. Wyatt, who is the Co-Pastor Emeritus of the Vernon Park Church of God in Chicago, Illinois, along with her husband, Rev. Dr. Claude S. Wyatt, Jr. who has worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1958 to 1968 and has participated in major marches in Selma, Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. She spent thirty years as a leader and officer of the labor movement, retiring in 1984 as Vice President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. In 1975, Addie Wyatt appeared on the cover of Time magazine as one of its Women of the Year.
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INTERVIEW with Yolanda “BOBBY” Hall

Thursday, March 1st, 2001

Bobby HallINTERVIEW with Yolanda “BOBBY” Hall 3.2001

by Joan McGann Morris

Yolanda “Bobby” Hall, the coordinator of the Working Women’s History Project, has been a long time union activist and organizer for many years in the Chicago area.
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