Background
Smail, Annette Klang was born on July 20, 1920 in St. Helena, California, United States.
Civic leader women's rights advocate
Smail, Annette Klang was born on July 20, 1920 in St. Helena, California, United States.
Associate of Arts, San Francisco Junior College, 1939; AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1943; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1945.
News reporter, Community Newspapers, Chicago, 1945-1946; editor textbooks, University of California, Berkeley, 1948-1949; education coordinator, Economics Opportunity Council, San Rafael, California, 1969-1971. Community organizer with Saul Alinsky Back of the Yards.
Community organizer, co-founder Novato (California) Human Needs Center, 1970-1972. Founder, leader Older Women's Political Caucus, 1977-1995, Medical Equality for Dependents, 1977. Author various resolutions passed by California legislation on medical rights and women's rights.
Delegate White House Conference on Aging, Washington, 1981. Member California Task Force on Feminization of Poverty, Sacramento, 1984. Member National Women's Political Caucus.
Daughter of Leon and Victoria Nellie (Hartman) K. Divorced; children: Barry Lee, Karen Smail Poksay.