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Stokes, Jessie, 1913-1970

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Laura Jenkins Landers and Susie Jenkins Stokes papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll867
Abstract

Papers relating to Laura Jenkins Landers (1908-2009) and Susie Jenkins Stokes (1915-2003) and their families. The sisters were born in Sicily Island, Louisiana, and were among the Black workers who moved to the Portland, Oregon, area in the 1940s. They worked in the shipyards during World War II, and as domestic workers after the war.

Dates: circa 1930-1992