Pauline Taylor
Template:TOCnestleft Pauline Taylor of Ohio was the grandmother of Joe Sims. She was twice forced to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Her father was a miners union activist from Alabama. She met Communist Party USA members when picketing at the Little Steel Strike.
She was a candidate for governor of Ohio, signer of the Stockholm Peace Appeal and anti-war activist.
Radical family
Roz Sims was originally from New York City, the only child of Morris Wunthall and Ann Wunthall, Jewish immigrants from Poland. “Roz” as she was known moved to Youngstown after World War II, where she became involved in the labor and civil rights movements. There she met her future husband, the late Joseph Sims, during a struggle to desegregate South Side swimming pool, led by Dorothy Boswell, Pauline Taylor and the youth wing of Henry Wallace’s Progressive Party.
Joseph and Roslyn Sims had six children, the late Dr. Carl Sims of Youngstown, Joseph Sims Jr. of New York City (Senior Editor at People’s World), Robbie Sims of Youngstown, Miriam Sims-Warren of Cleveland, Daniel Sims of Youngstown, and Frederick Douglass Sims of Youngstown.
Rally against McCarthyism
Pauline Taylor, Coleman Young and Harold Washington all spoke at a rally at Madison Square Gardens against McCarthyism.[1]
Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner
On April 28, 1966 Pauline Taylor was a sponsor of the Herbert Aptheker Testimonial Dinner. The dinner was held on the occasion of Herbert Aptheker's 50th birthday, the publication of his 20th book, and the 2nd anniversary of the American Institute for Marxist Studies. It was held in the Sutton Ballroom, The New York Hilton, Avenue of the Americas, 53rd to 54th Street, New York City. Most speakers, organizers and sponsors were known members or supporters of the Communist Party USA.[2]