Joanna Stanford
Celia Joanna Stanford...
Communist Party activist
Formerly Joanna Tylee, Joanna Stanford was a longtime Communist Party USA activist[1]-firstly in Birmingham Alabama in the 1940s and later with husband John Stanford in San Antonio Texas.
In September 2006 the Peoples Weekly World[2]listed several members of the Texas Communist Party USA.
Andrea Greimel, Andy Sivak, Brad J, Celia Joanna Stanford, Elaine Lantz, Gene Lantz, Francisco Paco Cantu, Frank Valdez , Sheila Valdez, Hernando Martinez, Jaime Martinez, John Stanford, Paul Hill, Richard Pressman, Stewart Minor.
In 2009 the Peoples Weekly World sent[3];
- Mother's Day Greetings to the multi-talented Joanna Stanford-whose life has combined love of family with distribution of the People's Weekly World and predecessor papers, and with the struggle for a world of peace, justice, freedom, art, dance, dolls and handicrafts.
Tribute to San Antonio communists
The People's Weekly World of May 20, 2000, carried a May Day Supplement. On page B, San Antonio activists paid tribute to contributors to the "worker's cause" - all Communist Party USA members Emma Tenayuca (1916-1999), John Inman (1896-1996), Manuela Soliz Sager (1911-1996), James Sager (1902-1979), Luisa Moreno (1906-1992).
Signatories included Joanna Stanford.