ACLP 2 Klein Transcript

This transcript is an interview between Arthur Gilbert and Joan Dempsey Klein, two justices of the Second Appellate District Court. Joan talks about her childhood growing up in San Jose, California, and moving around with her family due to her father's alcoholism and gambling. She talks about how her mother was trapped in a difficult marriage and how she wanted to have a different life than her mother. Joan also talks about how she worked in a defense plant during the 1940s, putting rivets on planes and installing bomb bay doors. She was motivated to get out of her situation and eventually went to college, becoming a crusader for women's rights.