Harriet Buhai
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Harriet Buhai (1916 - 1983)
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Jewelry Workers Union
In the 1930s and 1940s, Buhai worked in the labor union movement as a secretary for the Business Agent of the Jewelry Workers Union.[1]
Legal Advocacy
In the 1950s, she worked to defend the individual rights of persons accused of violating the Smith and McCarren Acts. In the 1960s and 1970s, she joined the legal community working in the civil rights and antiwar movements.[2]
Socialist Community School
In the 1980s, Harriet Buhai was on the Organizing Committee of the Socialist Community School in Los Angeles.[3]
Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law
The Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law was founded in 1982, being originally named the Family Law Project but being renamed in honor of Harriet Buhai in 1984. The center's focus was on legal problems involving custody, visitation, support of children, domestic violence, and establishing parentage.[4]
References
- ↑ Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law website
- ↑ Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law website
- ↑ Socialist Community School Organizing Committee List, 1980s
- ↑ Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law website
