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Child of the Sit-Downs_ The Revolutionary Life of Genora Dollinger - Carlton Jackson [133]

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126; and Trotskyist splinter groups, 92–93; troubles with Kermit, 51–53; and unemployment benefits, 68; views of Walter Reuther, 104; and With Babies and Banners, 129, 130; and Women’s Emergency Brigade, 117

Dollinger, Kenneth Vincent (Genora’s grandson), 150

Dollinger, Ronald (Ronnie, Ron; Genora’s son), 97, 105, 106, 109, 127; achievements in school, 111–12; birth of, 87, 88; Mexico, 95; teacher strike, 117

Dollinger, Sol, and ASC, 91–92; assessment of Los Angeles, 107; attacked, 68–71; birth of son Ron, 87, 88; on Budd Wheel, 57; Citizen Party delegate, 132; condolence letters on Genora’s death, 154–55; Denny’s death, 85, 86; expelled from SWP, 89–90; on Genora’s love of museums, 123, 125, 127; and Henry Kraus, 139–46; “Independent Socialist,” 93; living away from Genora, 72; living with Genora’s parents, 65; love for Genora, 73; marriage problems with Genora, 73–74, 85, 86; meeting Owen Bieber, 146; as merchant mariner, 52, 53, 56, 60, 61, 72; Mexico, 95; Mississippi, 101–3; object of government investigations, 78; philosophies of, 157–63; psychological reactions with Genora, 73; return to Flint (1989), 149–50; seeing Genora for the first time, 50–53; studies with SWP in New York, 85; teacher strike (Los Angeles), 116–17; tennis with Ron, 112; trip to Spain (1971), 124; Trotskyist splinter groups, 92; troubles with Denny, 61; unemployment benefits, 68, 83; views of Walter Reuther, 88–89, 104, 113; “women’s place,” 157–58

Donahue, Phil, 139

Dover, New Hampshire, 1

Duncan, Sam, 100

Dunn, Vincent, 70

Educational Committee, Local 212 (Detroit), 65, 66; Local 598 (Flint), 75

Ehn, Kar1, 12

Eisenhower, Dwight, 99

El Salvador, 92, 139

Ellis, Don, 130, 131, 140

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 162

England, 123, 128; Industrial Revolution “Levelers” in, 136

Engler, John, 153

English House of Commons, 26

Enstad, Nan, 1

“entrism,” 48

Equal rights amendment (ERA), 96, 121–23, 130

Erlich, Paul, 115

Europe, 124, 125, 127

Evans, Sarah, 119

Fairmont Park (Philadelphia), 43

Fair Play for Cuba Committee, 92

Faue, Elizabeth, 158

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 77, 80, 82, 83, 86, 93, 95, 99, 110, 124, 132; on Genora and God, 90

The Feminine Mystique, 95

Ferraro, Geraldine, 137–39

Ferrazza, Jess, 64

Ferry-Morse Seed Factory, 38

Fiat autoworkers, 125

Fifth Amendment, 78

Fifth Avenue (New York City), 43

Fiftieth Anniversary of UAW Victory, 139–46

Fine, Sidney, 20, 22, 97, 118, 120, 172n27

First Amendment, 78, 116

Fish, Fania, 30, 43

Fish, Hy, 173n42

Fisher Plant One, 19, 34, 36

Fisher Plant Two, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 27, 34

Flexner, Eleanor, 159

Flint Alliance, 22

Flint Auditorium, 141

Flint Autoworker, 22, 141, 142, 144

“Flint is Coming,” 45

Flint Journal, 8, 35, 80, 81; on Genora’s death, 154

Flint Junior College, 94

Flint, Michigan, 3, 8, 15–17, 19, 22, 30, 32–37, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 56–59, 61, 65, 66, 69, 71–75, 80–83, 85, 86, 97, 98, 109, 118, 119, 129, 135, 136, 157, 161; Chamber of Commerce, 22; ethnic makeup of, 2; NAACP in, 100; SWP in, 50; Dollingers’ return (1989), 149–50

Florence, Italy, 123

Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley, 13

Ford, Henry, 97

Ford, Mrs. Henry, 97

Franco, Francisco, 123–27

Frank, Dana, 161

Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (Flint), 98

Fraser, Douglas A., 131, 135

Freedom of Information Act, 87

Freedom Riders, 99, 100

Freud, Sigmund, 57, 94

Friedan, Betty, 95, 96, 122, 159

Froelich, A., 12

Fuller, Adai Bine, (Genora’s maternal grandfather), 4

Fuller, Alice Elizabeth (Genora’s maternal grandmother), 4, 131

Fuller, Lora (Genora’s mother) 3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 41

Galligan, Ed, 106

Garcia, Bernadine, 160

Garland Street (Flint), 5, 42

Gazan, Max, 176n5

General Motors, 2, 3, 9, 13–15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 28, 33, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 50, 55, 57, 63, 75, 82, 84, 85, 93, 96, 118, 119, 128, 129, 135, 140, 141, 145, 149, 152, 154, 161; injunction against strikers, 16; its use of sit-downs, 26; letter to Flint workers, 27; no negotiations with UAW, 31; offer of a contract to UAW, 37; and Plant Nine, 33; “special payday,” 35

Genesee County, Michigan, 3, 15

George, Henry, 169n29

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