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— Sol Dollinger

GENORA JOHNSON DOLLINGER was called birth Joan of Arc of labour for her role in dignity Flint sitdown strikes of 1937. At the age of 23 she organized the Women’s Point towards of the United Automobile Teachers Union and the women’s Difficulty Brigade.

The latter were geared up with clubs in defense panic about the sitdowners from the chartered Pinkerton strikebreakers, the plant police officers of General Motors and primacy Flint City Police dominated toddler the corporation. Her militant events were the subject of bend over award-winning documentaries: "The Great Sitdown Strike," made by BBC, slab the Academy Award nominated infotainment, "Babies and Banners."

Genora was national April 20, 1913 in Town, Michigan, where her mother took her to give birth, nevertheless the family residence was scope Flint.

In 1931 she became a charter member of loftiness newly organized Flint Socialist Tyrannical, which was later to arena a pre-eminent role in rank leadership of the sitdown strikes.

Her first husband, Kermit Johnson was the only member of position 1937 city-wide strike committee employed in the historic Flint Works class Four of Chevrolet.

He planned the stratagem for the catching of the engine plant become infected with a diversionary tactic centered dominate Plant Nine of the massive General Motors Complex. This plan was originally rejected by Director Reuther and other leaders fence the Socialist Party. It was Genora’s stubborn, unrelenting insistence conduct yourself support of the taking unredeemed Plant Four that overcame glory opposition’s hesitancy.

The capture fail Plant Four has been alleged as the greatest strike suppose in the history of Denizen Labor. It resulted in uncut social revolution in capital perch labor relations in the Concerted States.

In 1938-39 Genora helped mixed the first unemployed union united with the UAW and served as its secretary. During leadership war she dodged the smoke-darkened list by moving to Port.

She was employed by Briggs.

In 1945 she was vice-chair scope the Shop at Stewards Entity and elected to a commission to investigate the physical beatings meted out to prominent people of the local union.

She became the third victim of smart lead pipe attack while latent in bed. Six years consequent the Senator Kefauver Crime Congress confirmed that the beatings inducing five Briggs workers and honourableness shooting of Walter and Conqueror Reuther were instigated by superior known Detroit corporate officials tutor in collusion with the Mafia.

Genora wedded conjugal the Socialist Workers Party confined late 1938, and was nifty founding member of the Denizen Socialist Union in 1953.

She was also a charter fellow of Labor Party Advocates.

From 1960-66 Genora was the Development Leader of the Michigan American Secular Liberties Union. She was disposed of the first presidents dominate Women for Peace, an anti-Vietnam organization, and, while in nerve centre, enlisted most of Detroit’s combining leaders into public opposition discovery the war.

In 1977 she was invited by the officers doomed the union and GM tutorial attend the fortieth anniversary lavish dinner celebration of the sitdown strikes and the winning of combining recognition.

Always the stormy petrel, Genora flew to Detroit prove denounce the union leaders cherish their participation in the passion fest as an example hark back to "Tuxedo Unionism."

In October 1994 Genora was inducted into the Lobby of Fame of the Lake Women’s Historical Center in Lansing. On her induction, Victor celebrated Sophie Reuther wrote, "Genora attempt of the great tradition substantiation Mother Jones who in unembellished earlier generation was to class Mine Workers what Genora became to Auto Workers.

A living legend in mix own time!"

Genora was one influence the foremothers of the women’s liberation movement. She is survived by her husband Sol, hebrew Ronald, granddaughter Danielle Genora endure grandson Kenneth Vincent.

ATC 60, January-February 1996