Background
Thomson, Joan Alberta was born on July 6, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Mark Hopkins and Ellen (Crandall) Place.
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Joan Alberta Thomson
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Bachelor cum laude, Milton College. Master of Arts in English, Colorado College.
Career
Assistant Professor of English, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, 1965-1973; Peace Corps lecturer in English, U. South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, 1976-1980. Founder Beulah Melodrama, 1953.
Achievements
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Candidate for alderman Chicago City Council, 1943. Active Communist Party United States of America, 1937-1952. Convener Causes and Cures National Teleconf. on Narcotics Epidemic, Pueblo, 1991.
Social concerns chair Unitarian Fellowship Pueblo, 1990. Chair nuclear weapons freeze campaign Pueblo. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Association of University Professors, American Association of University Women, Women's International League Peace and Freedom, United States Peace Council, Christic Institute, American Association Retired Persons.
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Married Sam Swadesh, 1937 (divorced 1942). Married Godfrey Edward Thomson, November 20, 1948 (deceased February 1974). Children: Alice Ellen Thomson Jutras, George Edward.
Married Epeli Ratambathatha, 1980 (divorced 1984).
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American -
Religion
Unitarian Universalist -
Political Party
Democrat