Kartar Dhillon
| Kartar Dhillon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 30, 1915 Simi Valley, California |
| Died |
June 15, 2008 (aged 94) Berkeley, California |
| Occupation | Activist |
Kartar Dhillon (Punjabi: ਕਰਤਾਰ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ) was a South Asian American political activist and writer from California. Dhillon grew up in the Ghadar Party, working to end British colonialism in India.[1] As an activist, she supported unions, the Black Panther Party, farm workers, political prisoners, and the Korean reunification movement.[1][2][3]
During World War II, Dhillon worked as a machinist and truck driver from the Marine Corps. She picked crops, worked as a waitress, and was the secretary for the San Francisco, Teamsters and Abestos Worker's unions. She retired in 1983.[2]
Her writing included "The Parrot's Beak," an autobiographical essay about her early life published in Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings By and About Asian American Women.[4] In 1994, at age 80, Dhillon founded the Chaat Collective, a South Asian American art and performance collective.[5] She died in 2008.
Writings
Interviews
Media
- The film Turbans, about a Sikh family in Astoria, Oregon in 1918, is based on Dhillon's memoirs[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 Pisani, Dildar Gill. Kim, Hyung-chan, ed. Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 85–88. ISBN 0313289026.
- 1 2 "Kartar Dhillon". The Daily Journal. July 1, 2008. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "5 South Asian Americans You Should Know About". South Asian American Digital Archive. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ Asian Women United of California (1989). Making Waves: An Anthology of Writing By And About Asian American Women. Beacon Press. ISBN 0807059056.
- ↑ "Chaat: What is Chaat". Chaat: Voices from the South Asian Diaspora. Chaat. Archived from the original on 1998-02-12. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ Anderson, Erika Surat. "Turbans". Erika Surat Anderson. Retrieved 5 June 2014.