When They Fired My Father
Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: 2016
Material: Essay manuscript Dimension:
8.5 x 11 inches; 2 pages
Creator: Ruth Horowitz
Identifier: aql:33574 qmp-horowitz-ruth-essay-01 qmp-horowitz-ruth-essay-01.pdf
Description: Ruth Horowitz Writes about experiences as a child that shaped her into the person she is today: The McCarthy Era and how it affected her family; and her father, a teacher, getting fired (and the families subsequent lifestyle changes) as a result of anti-communism scare from the NYC Board of Education.
Creator :
Ruth Horowitz
Date :
2016
Summary/Description :
Ruth Horowitz Writes about experiences as a child that shaped her into the person she is today: The McCarthy Era and how it affected her family; and her father, a teacher, getting fired (and the families subsequent lifestyle changes) as a result of anti-communism scare from the NYC Board of Education.
Subject :
Anti-communist movements; Cold War; Nineteen fifties; Employment termination; Biography; Teachers; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957
Rights :
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Coverage :
Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Sunnyside Gardens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Essay manuscript
Format :
Essay manuscript; 8.5 x 11 inches; 2 pages
Identifier :
aql:33574 qmp-horowitz-ruth-essay-01 qmp-horowitz-ruth-essay-01.pdf
Subject:
Anti-communist movements; Cold War; Nineteen fifties; Employment termination; Biography; Teachers; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957
Anti-communist movements; Cold War; Nineteen fifties; Employment termination; Biography; Teachers; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957
Rights Notice
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.
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