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Jan 22, 2023 · Casey Hayden, a civil rights and feminism pioneer, has died at the age of 85. Hayden was among the thousands of civil rights activists who fought in the move...
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Casey Hayden was born Sandra Cason (a name she continued to use legally) on October 31, 1937, in Austin, Texas, [1] as a fourth-generation Texan. [2] She was raised in Victoria, Texas, in a "multigenerational matriarchal family” [3] —by her mother, Eula Weisiger Cason ("the only divorced woman in town"), her mother's sister, and her grandmother.
Obituary, written by Casey: Casey Hayden, one of the few white Southerners to join the anti-segregation movement of the ’60s in the South, and a widely recognized precursor of the women’s liberation movement, died on 1/4/23 with her children holding her hands. Born Sandra Cason, a name she continued to use legally, she was the child of ...
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Jan 15, 2023 · A pivotal voice whose writing helped to usher in the modern women’s movement. Casey Hayden, an important organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during its push for civil rights in the early 1960s and the co-author of two papers that called out sexism within that organization and in society in general — documents that are credited with helping to inspire second-wave ...
Jan 13, 2023 · She was 85. Her death was confirmed by her daughter, Rosemary Lotus Boyce, who did not specify a cause. Ms. Hayden, a native Texan, was a graduate student at the University of Texas in Austin in ...
Casey Hayden (she was known then as Sandra Cason) had been instrumental in organizing the Students for Direct Action, based in the University Y near the campus. Her group talked and decided on a creative strategy. They would all go in a group, line up, ask to buy a ticket for themselves and their African American friend, and when denied, get ...
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In Memoriam: Casey Hayden Cason, 1937–2023. AUSTIN, TX – Jan. 29, 2023. Casey Hayden, New York City, 1965. Photo by D Gorton, D Gorton Photographic Archive. The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin mourns the loss of activist and organizer Casey Hayden Cason. The Briscoe Center is home to Cason’s ...
