by Annie Boochever | Fighter in Velvet Gloves
In a day when bright, loud, fast-moving digital media constantly confronts us, it is nice to take a break and quietly read a book. Yes a real, printed, tangible book; the kind with paper pages that you turn.Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth...
by Annie Boochever | Fighter in Velvet Gloves
74 years ago on February 5, 1945, the Alaska Territorial legislative gallery in Juneau, Alaska, was so crowded the doors were flung open, and people, Native and non-Native alike, lined the hallway outside. Some stood on chairs to see better. Elizabeth Peratrovich sat...
by Annie Boochever | Fighter in Velvet Gloves
50 years ago on December 1st, 1958, one of Alaska’s greatest civil rights heroes passed away in a little known Christian Science care facility in Seattle. Just as she had prepared herself to fight for equality for Alaska Natives, Elizabeth had steeled herself for a...
