Katherine Rush Hunger Strike Des Moines Iowa , 1937
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Des Moines, IA--Mrs. Katherine Rush, 41, who claims kinship to former President Hoover, has inaugurated a sit down strike on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol to regain her WPA job. She says she will sit and not eat until she gets her job"

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