Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Aileen Clarke Hernandez Aileen Clarke Hernandez
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Other authors / contributors: | Hernandez, Aileen C., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded San Francisco, California 2007 April 12. Recorded San Francisco, California 2013 November 8. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Activist Aileen Clarke Hernandez was born on May 23, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Howard University with her B.A. degree in political science in 1947. She then earned her M.S. degree in government from California State University at Los Angeles in 1961 while working with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). In 1962, she was appointed assistant chief of the California Division of Fair Employment Practices and commissioner of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1966, she co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and became president in 1970. In 1971, Hernandez helped found the National Women's Political Caucus and served on the board of the Ms. Foundation. Hernandez is president of Hernandez and Associates which she founded in 1967. Hernandez passed away on February 13, 2017 at age 90.
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