Elizabeth Peratrovich
Sometimes I can get a little paranoid, and today was one of those times. Look at that gorgeous Google doodle for today. I spend a certain amount of time looking at Alaskan legend as a source of art images for my quilting, so when I saw the Google doodle, I thought it was one of those targeted things.
Not so.
As it turns out, it is a doodle honoring an Alaskan Tlingit woman, Elizabeth Peratrovich. I’ve taken the following from Wikipedia (to which I donate, so I am comfortable sharing what they have to say. I love that it is updated to show today’s doodle.) This woman was something special:
Tlingit artist designs new Google Doodle featuring Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich Published December 30, 2020
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Print article Alaskans may recognize a familiar face on Google’s homepage Wednesday: civil rights activist Elizabeth Peratrovich. The illustration was created by Tlingit artist Michaela Goade of Sitka, who says Google reached out in August to see if she was interested in collaborating on a Peratrovich design. Peratrovich was an instrumental player in passing the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945 the first law of its kind to be passed by a U.S. state or territory in the 20th century. “It’s been really heartwarming, so much local support and excitement in our smaller Southeast Alaska community where her name is a household name,” Goade said. “We don’t always get a lot of attention in the bigger, national way, so I think having that representation geographic wise and Indigenous representation is really power
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Elizabeth Peratrovich (Google Doodle)
Google s Doogle often offers a sweet spot to pay tribute to the illustrious life of famous personalities and celebrities. On December 30, 2020, the doodle illustrated by Sitka and Alaska-based guest artist Michaela Goade celebrated Alaska Native civil rights champion Elizabeth Peratrovich, who played an instrumental role in the 1945 passage of the first anti-discrimination law in the United States.
On this day in 1941, after encountering an inn door sign that read “No Natives Allowed”, Peratrovich and her husband – both of Alaska’s Indigenous Tlingit tribe helped plant the seed for the anti-discrimination law when they wrote a letter to Alaska’s governor and gained his support.