Elaine Elinson

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Elaine Elinson and coauthor Stan Yogi will read from Wherever There's a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California

September 2010

11 - Libros, Schmibros Bookstore, Los Angeles 7PM

12 - Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, 2 PM

18 - Japanese American Services of the East Bay, Alameda 10:30 AM

25 - San Carlos Public Library, San Carlos, 2 PM

October 2010

3 - Litquake: Women Authoring Change, San Francisco, Noon

15 - Inland Empire Institute, Riverside, 10 AM

24 - Blossoms and Thorns, Richmond, 2 PM

November 2010

1 - Humboldt State University, Arcata, 5:30 PM

6 - Carmel, Unitarian Church 3 PM

10 - Millbrae Public Library, Millbrae, 7 PM

14 - San Francisco Writing for Change Conference, San Francisco Hilton

Selected Works

Articles
San Francisco's Own Rosa Parks
Charlotte Brown defied a color bar on San Francisco street cars while the Civil War was still raging.
"A lesson in American history riding the 14 Mission bus"
What a ride on the city bus can tell you about your fellow passengers – and yourself.
"Soup, salad, suffrage: How women won their right to vote in California"
Untold history of working women’s efforts to secure the vote in San Francisco.
Nonfiction
Wherever There's a Fight: How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, Immigrants, Strikers, and Poets Shaped Civil Liberties in California
Winner, Gold Medal, 2010 California Book Awards
Development Debacle: The World Bank in the Philippines
Expose of how U.S. investment in the Philippines bolstered the oligarchy and oppressed the poor.

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