Peratrovich

Alaska Native Brotherhood/Sisterhood - History
... Angoon Marie Moon Orsen, Klukwan (Secretary) Andrew Wanamaker (father of Elizabeth Peratrovich) Sitka, a Tlingit Presbyterian minister, is regarded as ... Elizabeth Peratrovich (née Wanamaker), member and grand president of the ANS, did organizing, wrote petitions, and testified to the state senate in 1945 for civil rights of ... passage of the bill, designating it "Elizabeth Peratrovich Day" ...

Elizabeth Peratrovich - Legacy and Honors
... the Anti-Discrimination Act was signed) as "Elizabeth Peratrovich Day", in order to honor her contributions "for her courageous, unceasing efforts to eliminate discrimination and bring about equal rights in Alaska" (A ... The Elizabeth Peratrovich Award was established in her honor by the Alaska Native Sisterhood ... in the respective two chambers, the Peratrovich Gallery is the only one named for someone other than a former legislator (the other House gallery was named for Warren A ...

Elizabeth Peratrovich - Marriage, Family and Later Life
... On December 15, 1931, Elizabeth married Roy Peratrovich (1908–1989), also a Tlingit, who worked in a cannery ... The Peratrovich family later moved to Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, where Roy pursued an economics degree at St ... Elizabeth Peratrovich died of cancer on December 1, 1958 ...