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Joan Lowery

1960s Madison story by Joan Lowery

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Lowery, originally from New York, came to the University to see what life was like for the rest of the United States. She talks about her involvement in unionizing a Greek Restaurant on State Street, Summer Vista prior to school, and the empowerment of going to school in Madison.

Photograph of Joan Lowery
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