Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Lois Crozier Hogle papers
- Dates:
- 1950-2005
- Creators:
- Crozier-Hogle, Lois
- Abstract:
- Lois Crozier Hogle was a pioneer in the San Francisco Bay Area environmental movement, co-founding the Committee for Green Foothills with Ruth Spangenberg in 1962. Between 1986 and 1992 she had a column in the Palo Alto Weekly about environmental and social issues. She was active in the YWCA, serving for a period as president in the Stanford YWCA. She traveled widely on educational, environmental, and peace tours.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Lois Crozier Hogle (1913-2005) was born in Coalinga and raised in California's San JoaquÃn Valley by Clare and Hubert Crozier. Her father was a farmer and a lawyer. She attended Glendale Community College, the University of Redlands (B.A., Economics), and Columbia University Teacher's College (M.A., 1948) [degree in social work from Santa Clara?]. Early political activism included meetings at Clifton's Cafeteria in Los Angles, serving in the California Youth Legislature and the American Youth Congress, and working with Roosevelt's National Youth Administration. She married George Hogle in 1949 (separated 1966) and lived in England (1955-1959) while he studied psychiatry. In 1959 Crozier Hogle moved to Palo Alto, where she was a pioneer in the local environmental movement, co-founding the Committee for Green Foothills with Ruth Spangenberg (1962) and the Peninsula Conservation Center. She wrote letters, editorials, and articles on environmental and social issues, including a column in the Palo Alto Weekly. With Darryl Babe Wilson she co-edited Surviving in Two Worlds: Contemporary Native American Voices, a collection of interviews with 26 Native American leaders. She was active in the Young Women's Christian Association, serving as an executive with the UCLA YWCA and president of the Stanford YWCA. She participated in the 1970 Houston convention and was active in the World YWCA. Crozier Hogle was a member of the Palo Alto Friends Meeting Quaker group. She traveled widely on educational, environmental, and peace tours, including trips to Russia (1958, 1984, and 1987), Africa (1977), and China (1978). In 1996 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Palo Alto Senior Coordinating Council, and in 2002 she was named Outstanding Citizen Volunteer and awarded the Tall Tree Award by the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Environmental movement
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-01-07 12:55:08 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022