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Organize And Don’t Agonize: Tish Sommers Crusade
Tish Sommers, a self described freelance agitator, travels by jet to urge organization for displaced homemakers mainly women aged 40 to 65 who lost home based income. She founded an Alliance for Displaced Homemakers and pressed for California’s Displaced Homemakers Act, seeking job training centers and broader Social Security reform for women, with ongoing efforts nationwide.
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Tish Sommers
Ms. Sommers
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Washington, D.C
Ms. Sommer
San Francisco Bay Area
Laurie Shields
Californias
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Wil Pesens
California
Sen
Lot V. Tunney
D-Calif