Kipp Dawson (born 1945) is an American social justice activist who has worked on the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam anti-war movement, the women’s movement, the gay liberation movement, the labor movement, and the education justice movement. Over the span of her career. she has worked as a coal minor, teacher, and ran for Senate in 1970.
Kipp Dawson was born in Hollywood, CA and grew up in Codornices Village in Albany, CA. She attended Berkeley High School. [1] where she founded the Civil Rights club in solidarity with SNCC. [2] She was arrested six times while protesting racial discrimination in the Bay Area. [3]
While studying at San Francisco State University, Dawson was a co-organizer the Free Speech Movement and was arrested and served 29 days in jail in 1966 for participating in large-scale sit-ins bringing an end to all-white employment practices in San Francisco. She started the Vietnam Day Committee at San Francisco State and co-organized many anti-war activities in the 1960s. [2] [4] She opened for the 1967 Anti-Vietnam War rally of 65,000 people with Coretta Scott King, Judy Collins, and others. [5]
Dawson moved to New York in 1967. While in NYC (1967-1977), Dawson participated in the women's movement [6] and organized marches for abortion rights. [3] She also continued as an anti-Vietnam war activist. [7] Dawson ran for Senate from New York on the Socialist Workers Party ticket in 1970. [8] Dawson came out as a lesbian in 1970 and separated from her husband, fellow activist Leslie Evans. [3]
Dawson became a coal miner and moved to Pennsylvania in 1979, a position she held for 13 years. [9] She was part of the first Coal Employment Project Women Miners Support Team which inspired her to become an activist and organizer for United Mine Workers of America Local 1197. [10] A leader in Local 1197, Dawson prioritized workers' safety in union mines. [11] In 1984 Dawson traveled to England to support the British miners' strikes. [12] [13]
Dawson's union involvement during the mining strikes of the 1980s led to global solidarity between miners in Wales and El Salvador. [14]
Dawson received a degree in teaching in 1994 and went on to earn a Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. Dawson taught in Pittsburgh Public Schools for 23 years. [2] She applied her socialist activism to her new career as a union activist and student advocate in Pennsylvania public schools. [15]
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Kipp Dawson (born 1945) is an American social justice activist who has worked on the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam anti-war movement, the women’s movement, the gay liberation movement, the labor movement, and the education justice movement. Over the span of her career. she has worked as a coal minor, teacher, and ran for Senate in 1970.
Kipp Dawson was born in Hollywood, CA and grew up in Codornices Village in Albany, CA. She attended Berkeley High School. [1] where she founded the Civil Rights club in solidarity with SNCC. [2] She was arrested six times while protesting racial discrimination in the Bay Area. [3]
While studying at San Francisco State University, Dawson was a co-organizer the Free Speech Movement and was arrested and served 29 days in jail in 1966 for participating in large-scale sit-ins bringing an end to all-white employment practices in San Francisco. She started the Vietnam Day Committee at San Francisco State and co-organized many anti-war activities in the 1960s. [2] [4] She opened for the 1967 Anti-Vietnam War rally of 65,000 people with Coretta Scott King, Judy Collins, and others. [5]
Dawson moved to New York in 1967. While in NYC (1967-1977), Dawson participated in the women's movement [6] and organized marches for abortion rights. [3] She also continued as an anti-Vietnam war activist. [7] Dawson ran for Senate from New York on the Socialist Workers Party ticket in 1970. [8] Dawson came out as a lesbian in 1970 and separated from her husband, fellow activist Leslie Evans. [3]
Dawson became a coal miner and moved to Pennsylvania in 1979, a position she held for 13 years. [9] She was part of the first Coal Employment Project Women Miners Support Team which inspired her to become an activist and organizer for United Mine Workers of America Local 1197. [10] A leader in Local 1197, Dawson prioritized workers' safety in union mines. [11] In 1984 Dawson traveled to England to support the British miners' strikes. [12] [13]
Dawson's union involvement during the mining strikes of the 1980s led to global solidarity between miners in Wales and El Salvador. [14]
Dawson received a degree in teaching in 1994 and went on to earn a Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2003. Dawson taught in Pittsburgh Public Schools for 23 years. [2] She applied her socialist activism to her new career as a union activist and student advocate in Pennsylvania public schools. [15]
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