Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 1988 Grace Wick : portrait of a right-wing extremist June Melby Benowitz Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the Political History Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Benowitz, June Melby, "Grace Wick : portrait of a right-wing extremist" (1988). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3789. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5673 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF June Melby Benowitz for the Master of Arts in History presented May 4, 1988. Title: Grace Wick: Portrait of a Right-Wing Extremist. APPROVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE THESIS COMMITTEE: David B. Dodds Charles Le Guin :a(r \_ "Grace Wick: Portrait of a Right-Wing Extremist" is a biography of an American woman who lived between 1888 and 1958. Wick grew up in a small midwestern town, but as a young woman broke away from small town tradition by moving to the city to pursue a career as an actress in the theater and in silent movies. In the course of her acting career she traveled across North America and had the opportunity to associate with people from all walks of life. As an actress, she was able to achieve 2 an autonomy enjoyed by few women during the 1910s and early 1920s.