Elsie Fox

On Mothers Day Of 2006, Ninety-Eight-Year-Old Elsie Fox Stepped Up To A Microphone At A Park In Bozeman, Montana, And Called For People To Wake Up, Remember, Act, And Make A Difference. Spanning A Century, This Biography Of Feisty Elsie Fox Tells The Story Of A Woman Who Made Activism Her Life.Born On A Remote Eastern Montana Ranch, Elsie Was Nurtured By A Strong Desire To Be Self-Reliant At A Time When Women Were Expected To Be Good Housewives. She Came Of Age In The Rip-Roaring Decade Of The Twenties And Witnessed The Depression In Seattle That Led Her To Discover Marxism And A Like-Minded Husband. The Road Led To San Francisco, The International Longshoreman And Warehouse Union Where She Worked For Twenty-Eight Years. Elsie Spent Wwii Fighting For Her Husbands Release From A Prisoner Of War Camp In The United States Where He Was Being Held As An Illegal German Alien. With Photos Included, Elsie Fox Paints A Vivid Picture Of A Woman Who Fights For What She Believes. She Asks, If We Dont Take Action When There Are Problems In The World, Then What Are We?