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...1913, and the special assistant to the U.S. Attorney in Valdez in 1917.He served as a member of the Alaska Territorial Senate in the 1920s and early 1930s. He was the mayor of Valdez for nine years, and then a delegate from Alaska to the...
...Peratrovich's groundbreaking civil rights advocacy, which culminated with her impassioned speech before the Alaska territorial senate, largely credited with the territory's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. "Alaskan. Native. Woman. Activist...
...Elizabeth Peratrovich's civil rights advocacy, which culminated with her impassioned speech before the Alaska territorial senate, largely credited with the territory's Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945. "Alaskan. Native. Woman. Activist...
Elizabeth Peratrovich silenced the floor of the Alaska Territorial Senate in 1945 when she shamed legislators into passing an anti-discrimination act. Cecelia Kunz, who knew Peratrovich and worked...
In Alaska In 1914, Seven of the eight members of the Territorial Senate were hanged in effigy at Cordova because of their vote supporting a railroad from Seward. In 1935, The new building of the Alaska...
In Alaska In 1914, seven of the eight members of the Territorial Senate were hanged in effigy at Cordova because of their vote supporting a railroad from Seward. In 1935, the new building of the Alaska...
In Alaska In 1914, seven of the eight members of the territorial Senate were hanged in effigy at Cordova because of their vote supporting a railroad starting at Seward. In 1935, the new building of...
...would often talk about Feb. 8, 1945, the day Native rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich testified before the Territorial Senate. Sound off on the important issues at "My grandmother was so proud to be in the same room with them that day...
...writing a play about the Alaska Native activist's historic anti-discrimination testimony in front of the 1945 Territorial Senate. But something unexpected happened. "As fate would have it, something I had never thought about was how much...
...In 1909, James Wickersham was seated as the third delegate in the U.S. Congress from Alaska. In 1939, the Territorial Senate killed a bill appropriating $14,000 to subsidize radio stations in the Territory of Alaska to "disseminate facts...