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43. Genora to Don and Sylvia Dotzert, Sept. 10, 1988, Dotzert Collection, Tecumseh, Ontario.

44. Genora to Bernie and Pauline Goodman, June 2, 1989, Dollinger Collection, box 2, folders 23–24, Reuther Library.

45. Genora to Victor Navasky, July 25, 1989, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles.

46. Sol to Nelson Lichtenstein, Oct. 20, 1989, Dollinger Collection, box 2, folder 38, Reuther Library.

47. Genora to Victor Navasky, Feb. 12, 1989, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles.

48. See Lichtenstein, “Auto Workers’ Militancy and the Structure of Factory Life, 1937–1955,” 351.

49. Genora Dollinger, “UAW Revolutions in California,” unpublished paper, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles, 1–12.

50. Genora to Jack Rosenthal, Mar. 3, 1990, Dollinger Collection, box 2, folder 49, Reuther Library.

51. Genora Dollinger, foreword to A Troublemaker’s Handbook: How to Fight Back Where You Work—and Win, Dan La Botz (Detroit, Mich.: Labor Notes, 1991).

52. Genora to Daniel Leab, ca. 1991, Dollinger Collection, box 1, folder 44, Reuther Library.

53. Daniel Leab to Genora, Nov. 1993, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles. Genora signed the agreement on Nov. 14, 1993.

54. Ibid., June 2, 1994, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles.

55. Genora to Molly McGarry, June 16, 1994, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles; also in the Dollinger Collection, box 4, folder 39, Reuther Library.

56. “Joyce” to Genora Dollinger, Oct. 1994, Dollinger Collection, box 4, folder 39, Reuther Library.

57. Sophie Reuther to the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, Oct. 4, 1994, Dollinger Collection, box 4, folder 39, Reuther Library.

58. Sue Ann Connolly, remarks at the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame dinner, Oct. 29, 1994, Dollinger Collection, box 4, folder 39, Reuther Library. Connolly had written a play, Down in the Hole, about the contributions of women to the victory in 1937. The play was performed in Flint at the Buckham Alley Theatre in 1994.

59. Genora to Wendy Wendland, Oct. 1994, Dollinger Collection, box 4, folder 39, Reuther Library.

60. Genora to Margaret Guttshall, Oct. 3, 1994, Dollinger Collection, box 4, folder 39, Reuther Library.

61. O’Nan, “Role of Women,” 177.

62. Genora Dollinger, speech to LPA, Dec. 1994, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles. This was the last public speech Genora gave.

63. When the SWP had been formed several years before, Genora had enthusiastically embraced its programs and philosophies. James P. Cannon had frequently mentioned that “internationalism” was the central principle of SWP ambitions. It may have appeared that Genora was refuting some of the earlier stances by opposing NAFTA. It must be remembered that at this time (1994), she did not belong to the SWP or, for that matter, any political party. Even if she had, Cannon had offered a way out of any inconsistencies. Internationalism, he had argued, meant collaboration “of those people in all countries who recognize . . . our historical problems.” Barnes, James P. Cannon, 17. In Genora’s opinion, NAFTA did not promote collaboration. On the contrary, it engendered capitalistic competition, and therefore she could not support it.

64. Stephen Franklin, “Wages Falling for Factory Workers,” in Park City Daily News (Bowling Green, Kentucky), Feb. 5, 2006.

65. Dana Frank, Buy American: The Untold Story of Economic Nationalism (Boston: Beacon Press, 1999), 141.

66. Terkel, Coming of Age, 520. Sol Dollinger believes Terkel “took liberties” with his interview of Genora, who “would never suggest she had to take a pill in front of company.” Sol Dollinger, e-mail to the author, Nov. 5, 2000.

67. Sol Dollinger, e-mail to the author, Oct. 9, 2000.

68. John Engler to Genora, Jan. 6, 1994, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles.

69. Flint Journal, Oct. 14, 1995.

70. Detroit Free Press, Oct. 17, 1995.

71. Los Angeles Times, Oct. 14, 1995.

72. New York Times, Oct. 14, 1995.

73. Olga Domanski to Sol Dollinger, Nov. 4, 1995, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles.

74. Ruth Van Zandt to Sol Dollinger, Dec. 4, 1995, Dollinger Collection, Los Angeles.