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New page: '''Lucille Burman Flato''' (September 21, 1922 - January 7, 2004) was a writer, American Communist Party member and union activist. Flato was born in [[Oakland, Cali...
'''Lucille Burman Flato''' ([[September 21]], [[1922]] - [[January 7]], [[2004]]) was a writer, [[American Communist Party]] member and union activist.
Flato was born in [[Oakland, California]] to Daisy Whitney and Frank Burman. She moved to [[New York City]] as a young woman where she became a communist party member and met her future husband [[Charles Flato]], the writer and Soviet agent. She involved herself in party work, as well as union and community activities. In the 1950's, after marrying, she moved to [[San Francisco]].
She wrote extensively for the [[People's Weekly World]] under the name of Lucille Whitney, and wrote for several other publications.
In [[1995]], she graduated ''cum laude'' from [[San Francisco State University]]. She died in [[2004]] of complications from a massive stroke.
== External links ==
*[http://www.pww.org/article/view/4687/1/198/ Obituary]
*[http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve1/974usa.html "USA:Labour Day actions bring mass arrests" The Guardian October 6, 1999 by Lucille Whitney]
*[http://www.pww.org/archives96/96-09-07-4.html "New dimension" in Bay Area: Labor/Neighbor action by Lucille Whitney]
Flato was born in [[Oakland, California]] to Daisy Whitney and Frank Burman. She moved to [[New York City]] as a young woman where she became a communist party member and met her future husband [[Charles Flato]], the writer and Soviet agent. She involved herself in party work, as well as union and community activities. In the 1950's, after marrying, she moved to [[San Francisco]].
She wrote extensively for the [[People's Weekly World]] under the name of Lucille Whitney, and wrote for several other publications.
In [[1995]], she graduated ''cum laude'' from [[San Francisco State University]]. She died in [[2004]] of complications from a massive stroke.
== External links ==
*[http://www.pww.org/article/view/4687/1/198/ Obituary]
*[http://www.cpa.org.au/garchve1/974usa.html "USA:Labour Day actions bring mass arrests" The Guardian October 6, 1999 by Lucille Whitney]
*[http://www.pww.org/archives96/96-09-07-4.html "New dimension" in Bay Area: Labor/Neighbor action by Lucille Whitney]