I Look Around

Abstract

When Julia was married to Butch she formed a ladies’ auxiliary in the IWA. She did the same thing when she married Oscar, organizing an ILWU auxiliary. After Oscar died, she remained in the ILWU auxiliary. When she moved back to Portland, she found the auxiliary there quite conservative and set herself the task of changing it. She recruited new members, including blacks, and became the legislative chair, a position she used to educate the auxiliary members.