| Other author/creator | Hernandez, Aileen C., interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Aileen Clarke Hernandez |
| Portion of title |
Aileen Clarke Hernandez |
| Abstract |
Activist Aileen Clarke Hernandez was born on May 23, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated magna cum laude from Howard University with her B.A. degree in political science in 1947. She then earned her M.S. degree in government from California State University at Los Angeles in 1961 while working with the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU). In 1962, she was appointed assistant chief of the California Division of Fair Employment Practices and commissioner of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1966, she co-founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) and became president in 1970. In 1971, Hernandez helped found the National Women's Political Caucus and served on the board of the Ms. Foundation. Hernandez is president of Hernandez and Associates which she founded in 1967. Hernandez passed away on February 13, 2017 at age 90. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded San Francisco, California 2007 April 12. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded San Francisco, California 2013 November 8. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.134 HistoryMakers |
