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Waak, Patricia Ann was born on February 1, 1943 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Boxly William and Anne Nell (Smith) Waak.
(In the late 1700s the roots of cowboy culture arose out o...)
In the late 1700s the roots of cowboy culture arose out of the Carolinas. These men and women were not the typical white ranchers that would be depicted in later stories and films. Instead they were a group of tri-racial isolates. While much is now being published about Melungeons, little has been written about the cowboy Redbones. The Redbones followed Reverend Joseph Willis to Louisiana in the early 1800s. He was the patriarch of the group and contributed his Baptist ministry to the spiritual composite that would make up their religious heritage. My Bones Are Red primarily tells the stories of the Perkins family. They would stay in Louisiana for at least four decades before crossing the border into Texas. For the first time this book tracks family members who would be sequentially classified by the U.S. census as black, free people of color, mulatto, Indian, and white over a period of one hundred years. Historical evidence suggests the Perkins family and the families they married into were a combination of Native American, African, and British. What started out as a quest to find the mother of her beloved grandfather, became for Patricia Waak a revelation about the diversity of her family. It became, in fact, a spiritual journey as she visited cemeteries, courthouses, and archives from Accomack County, Virginia, to Goliad, Texas. Filled with translations of old court cases, accounts from oral history, and the results of countless hours of research, she also invites us to participate in her own discovery through original poetry which introduces each chapter. Included are photographs, genealogical charts, maps, and copies of old documents. The journey to discover the story of oneline of her family, becomes for the author a farewell to her mother and an honoring of the people who contributed to who she is today.
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Waak, Patricia Ann was born on February 1, 1943 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Boxly William and Anne Nell (Smith) Waak.
Attended, Tulane University, New Orleans. Attended, University Houston. Attended, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Volunteer nurse Peace Corps, Maceio, Brazil, 1966—1968. Staff nurse University Wisconsin Children's Hospital, Madison, 1968—1970. Director counseling Planned Parenthood, Washington, 1973—1975.
Special assistant, Development Support Bureau, United States Agency International Development (United States Agency for International Development), 1977—1978, associate director, Office of Population, 1978—1982. Assistant director Columbia University Center Population & Family Health, New York City, 1982—1985. Director population & habitat campaign National Audubon Society, 1985—2002.
Chairwoman Colorado Democratic Party, Denver, since 2005. Consultant Family Planning International, 1973, Global Committee Parliamentarians on Population & Development, 1984—1985. Non-governmental organization participant United Nations Mid-Decade Conference Women, Copenhagen, 1981.
Moderator global population anniversary Peace Corps Conference, 1981. United States delegate United Nations Population Commission, 1981—1982. Member project design team United States Agency for International Development, Zimbabwe, 1985.
Member environmental strategy & planning commission World Conservation Union. Lecturer in field.
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Member McGovern-Shriver Presidential Campaign Staff, 1972. Vice chairman Arlington Democratic Committee, 1974. Chairman Arlington Committee Status of Women, 1975.
Deputy campaign manager Shriver for President Committee, 1976. Delegate Virginia Democratic Convention, 1976, 1982. Member of American Public Health Association (population section council, committee on women's rights), Society International Development, Association Women in Development, National Council International Health (public policy committee), Women in Defense of Environment.
Married Ken Strom; children: Cinira Anne Baldi, Rachel Nell Carter.