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Flora Turchinsky Dungan (1917 – October 25, 1973) was an American activist and politician. She was born in Minnesota; her parents were immigrants from Russia. In 1933 she graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1936 she completed a program at Los Angeles Junior College and transferred to University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated with honors and a degree in Psychology in 1938. In 1939 she completed a one year course in Social Service, also at Berkeley.
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dbo:abstract | Flora Turchinsky Dungan (1917 – October 25, 1973) was an American activist and politician. She was born in Minnesota; her parents were immigrants from Russia. In 1933 she graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1936 she completed a program at Los Angeles Junior College and transferred to University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated with honors and a degree in Psychology in 1938. In 1939 she completed a one year course in Social Service, also at Berkeley. She initially worked in child welfare services but during World War II she found work as an accountant. She continued in this professesion through her and her husband's move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1948. That same year she and her husband divorced. She kept the name Dungan professionally until her death. In 1957 she married Robert M. Stang. In 1959 they divorced. In 1965 she married and divorced Ed Oncken, an editor for the Las Vegas Sun. By 1969 she had married Ray Ben David. Dungan became involved in several community, professional, and civil society organizations in Las Vegas, including the local chapter of the League of Women Voters, the Nevada Society of Public Accountants, and the Clark County Democratic party, where she served on the county and state Democratic Central Committees. (en) |
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rdfs:comment | Flora Turchinsky Dungan (1917 – October 25, 1973) was an American activist and politician. She was born in Minnesota; her parents were immigrants from Russia. In 1933 she graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1936 she completed a program at Los Angeles Junior College and transferred to University of California at Berkeley, where she graduated with honors and a degree in Psychology in 1938. In 1939 she completed a one year course in Social Service, also at Berkeley. (en) |
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