- Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
- Title:
- Chicago Cold War: Roberta Wood
- Creator:
- Wood, Roberta
Wright, Brandon - Publisher:
- Chicago, Ill. : Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, Chicago History Museum
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago History Museum - Date of Original:
- 2012-03-23
- Subject:
- Oral history
Interviews
Cold War
Civil rights movements
Communism
Steel-works
Labor unions - Location:
- United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
Text
StillImage - Format:
- audio/mpeg
image/jpeg
application/pdf - Description:
- Roberta Wood was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 4, 1949. She was born to Communist parents, but her journey toward Communism took a much different path. Roberta and her family moved to Riverside, California where she graduated from high school in 1957. While traveling in Europe, she met several women who invited her to the Soviet Union for an international women's conference. After the conference, she toured the country. Upon returning to the United States in 1970, Wood joined the Communist Party. She moved to Chicago in 1974 to work in the steel mills of South Chicago, where she was active in the United Steel Workers of America.
- Metadata URL:
- http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_oh/id/243
- IIIF manifest:
- https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/iiif/2/chm_oh:243/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- © 2017 Chicago Historical Society, all rights reserved
For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this image, please visit https://images.chicagohistory.org or contact rightsrepro@chicagohistory.org. - Extent:
- Audio file: 52:14 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Oral History Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Chicago Cold War Oral History Project - Contributing Institution:
- Chicago History Museum
- Rights:
-
Chicago Cold War: Roberta Wood
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