MARCH 28, 2014

SIOUX BLACKFOOT LEADER FRANCINE TAYLOR ENTERS ALASKA WOMEN’S HALL OF FAME

Born in California in 1937, Francine moved to Anchorage, Alaska (AK) in 1961. Volunteering at the AK Crippled Children’s Association (ACCA), she introduced musical activities for the ACCA and local school district. Taylor also joined the city’s opera, community chorus, chamber singers, and the AK Festival of Music (AKFOM). Entering University of AK Anchorage, she was its 1^st Communications graduate and wrote for the Anchorage Daily News. In 1991, she created the AK Moving Image Preservation Association to preserve historic film & audio recordings, particularly of AK’s Indigenous peoples & cultural traditions. As owner of Taylor Productions, she produced broadcasts of the AK Federation of Natives, World Eskimo Indian Olympics, and AK Native Arts Festival. In 1972, she became a founding director of the Visual Arts Center. A finalist for the National Federation of Press Women, Communicator of Achievement Award (1998), Taylor won the AK Press Women’s Lifetime Achievement Award (1998).

Source: “Francine Taylor,” Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame.  Retrieved 11/17/2022, Francine Taylor | Alaska Women's Hall Of Fame (alaskawomenshalloffame.org)

Photo:  Courtesy of the Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame.