Malvina reynolds biography books

Malvina Reynolds (August 23, – March 17, ) was an American folk singer-songwriter and political activist. She came into performing folk music some late in life. She met Pete Seeger at age 47 and asked him how she could start doing what he was doing - making the world a better place by singing at rallies, union meetings, etc. He confessed later that as a brash 28 year old he recalled thinking this white haired woman was pretty old to be beginning a career in folk music! 

She became well known after a number of her songs were recorded in the 's by Pete Seeger, The Seekers, The Kingston Trio, and many other folk and popular artists.

Her song "Turn Around" was featured in an iconic Kodak ad in Her song "Little Boxes" became the theme song for the Showtime TV series "Weeds". "Magic Penny" 

A documentary on her life "Love Like a Fool" by Susan Wengraf was filmed in less than a year before her death. I was unable to find a place you can buy a DVD of this film in a web search.

2. Watch a rather poor recording on the film YouTube: 

You can buy some of her CDs and songbooks from her daughter Nancy Schimmel's website at #malvina

From Schroeder Music:

MALVINA REYNOLDS

Born Malvina Milder of Jewish socialist immigrant parents in San Francisco, Malvina was refused her diploma by Lowell High School because her parents were opposed to US participation in World War I. She entered UC Berkeley anyway, and received her BA and MA in English. She married William Reynolds, a carpenter and organizer, in and had one child, Nancy, in She completed her dissertation and was awarded her Doctorate in It was the middle of the Depression, she was Jewish, socialist, and a woman. She could not find a job teaching at the college level. She became a social worker and a columnist for the People's World and, when World War II started, an assembly-line worker at a

MALVINA REYNOLDS

photo by Julie Thompson

See a photo of her and Country Joe MacDonald on his site

The Life and Times of Malvina Reynolds, Long Beach's Most Legendary (and Hated) Folk Singer (award winning newspaper article)

Blog: Writing Malvina

Malvina’s daughter, Nancy Schimmel, is writing a biography of her
mother, based on her own memories and on research done by Ellen
Stekert.

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Love It Like a Fool, the half-hour documentary about Malvina by Susan Wengraf, is available from her on DVD for $25 contact to order.
Malvina loved the way she looked in this film. Sounds good, too!

American singer and songwriter

Musical artist

Malvina Reynolds (née Milder; August 23, – March 17, ) was an American folk/blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain" and "Morningtown Ride".

Early life and education

Malvina Milder was born on August 23, on Folsom Street in San Francisco, California, United States.

Her parents were David and Abagail Milder, Jewish immigrants. Her mother was born in Russia and her father was born in Hungary. They became socialists when Reynolds "was a little girl", to which she attributes her lifetime proximity to the socialist movement in the United States. They opposed involvement in World War I.

As a child, she took violin lessons and "fooled around" with pianos, writing music occasionally.

Reynolds earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in English from the University of California, Berkeley, where she remarked that she got "all the degrees possible". She earned a doctorate there, finishing her dissertation in

Career

Reynolds worked as a milliner and "hated it". She also worked as a telephone operator and a social worker.

Though she played violin in a dance band in her twenties, Reynolds began her songwriting career later in life. Reynolds claims that as soon as folk music came to the forefront, she knew it was for her.

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