Blanche Gordon Narodick -€“ 06-June-2001 -€“ Weaving Women's Words

About this film

Oral historian Pamela Brown Lavitt interviewed Blanche Narodick on June 6 and July 25, 2001 in Seattle, Washington as part of the Jewish Women's Archive "Weaving Women's Words" project. Journalist and international Red Cross volunteer, Blanche Gordon Narodick graduated magna cum laude from the University of Washington and earned a masters degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, launching her career as a journalist, ghost writer, and public relations consultant. Raised in part by her aunt and uncle, she met her husband, Dr. Phillip Narodick, in graduate school and refers to their partnership as a âtrue love story. During World War II Blanche worked with the American Red Cross and has continued that affiliation, initiating an international chapter in Seattle, promoting "Holocaust tracing" helping Jewish families locate relatives, and founding a sister chapter in Shanghai, China. For her work, the ARC awarded Blanche the Harriman Award for Distinguished Volunteer Service in 1989. Blanche Gordon Narodick died on March 2, 2008. Blanche Narodick photo: Credit Joan Roth. Joan Roth's website In the early 2000s, the Jewish Women's Archive conducted oral history in…

Directors & creators

Jewish Women's Archive

Subjects

Writer; Journalism; Volunteer; Red Cross

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