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Born | October 3, 1922 |
Died | February 16, 2015 | (aged 92)
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Known for | Founding the Household Workers' Organization |
Mary Upshaw McClendon (October 3, 1922[1][a] – February 16, 2015[3]) was an African American domestic worker and labor rights activist from Detroit.
Early life
editMcClendon was born on October 22, 1922 in Andalusia, Alabama, to a family with four other children. Beginning in her youth, she preformed domestic work with her mother. In 1955, she moved to Detroit to join her cousin, a doctor, and, outside of the Jim Crow South, was able to vote for the first time, which she said was "like a flash of freedom."[4]
With the Household Workers' Organization
editLater life and legacy
editSee also
editReferences
editNotes
editFootnotes
edit- ^ McClendon, Mary. "autobiography" [textual record]. Mary Upshaw McClendon Papers, Series: I, Box: 1, File: 1. Detroit: Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University. Cited in Nadasen 2015, p. 209
- ^ Moon, Elain Latzman (December 1993). Untold Tales, Unsung Heroes. An Oral History of Detroit's African American Community, 1918-1967. p. 300.
- ^ @gardnerruby (February 23, 2015). "My beloved cousin, Mrs. Mary Upshaw McClendon, who, along with her dear son, Jasper Evans, went home to their eternal rest on February 16, 2015. Your presence in the earth will be sorely and sadly missed". Retrieved July 5, 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ Nadasen 2015, pp. 98–99.
Sources
edit- Nadasen, Premilla (August 25, 2015). Household Workers Unite: The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807014509.
External links
edit- Wayne state page
- Possibly interview?
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