Authors: Worthington, Linda.
Year: 1935
Subjects: Worthington, Linda.; United States.; Center for Science in the Public Interest.; International Voluntary Services.; Pax World Foundation.; United Methodist Church (U.S.).; World Hunger Education Service.; Daughters-in-law; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Grandparent and child; Mothers and daughters; Mothers and sons; Widows; Women and peace.; Women travelers; Africa Description and travel.; Africa Social life and customs.; Asia Description and travel.; Asia Social life and customs.; Central America Description and travel.; Central America Social life and customs.; Europe Description and travel.; Europe Social life and customs.
Abstract: Collection consists primarily of the diaries Linda Worthington kept from 1962 to shortly before her death in 2019. The diaries document her personal life and also her work for social and economic justice and her involvement in significant cultural and political events in the many places she lived, worked, and traveled. Events described include her experiences while living in Vietnam from 1962 to 1965, including being evacuated from Saigon with her young children via French freighter; meeting with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1972 as part of relief efforts for Bangladesh; and traveling through China shortly before the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Additional material includes letters Worthington wrote to William and Martha Flessner, the parents of her first husband. Letters from Worthington to others, including her parents Hazen and Burtriece  Crandall and her second husband Paul Worthington are also included, with some letters to Paul including plans for their wedding.   Worthington's letters  describe growing unrest in Vietnam and the family's evacuation from the country in 1965; adjustment to life in Thailand; a miscarriage she experienced;  daily life; and her work as well as that of Paul Worthington. Issues of family newsletters, clippings, and an article Worthington wrote about the death of her first husband  are also included, as are photographs of the family in Vietnam and Thailand.