- Title:
- Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Helen Cecile Beck Stafford
- Date Created:
- 1993
- Description:
- Community leader Helen Stafford shares her life story, describing her childhood in Kansas and her experiences as a young African-American woman in Depression-era Tacoma. Reflecting back on over sixty years of civic involvement, Stafford comments on her work with the Matron's Club, the NAACP, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, and the Washington Public Employees Association labor union. She also provides numerous insights into the changing face of Tacoma after World War II.
- Subjects:
- Stafford, Helen, 1899-2002--Interviews Community activists--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews African American women civic leaders--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Interviews African Americans--Washington (State)--History African Americans--Washington (State)--Tacoma--History Tacoma (Wash.)--History
- Location:
- United States--Kansas--Wamego; United States--Kansas--Topeka; United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Source:
- University of Washington Tacoma Community History Project
- Source Identifier:
- chp1993-03
- Type:
- image
- Format:
- cpd
- :
- http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en