Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operators' Strike of 1919

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Article details the events of the Drumright Telephone Operator's Strike, the resulting Red Scare, and the way the details were twisted and expanded out of proportion into a Bolshevik uprising in the wake of World War I. Michael Molina focuses on the influence of media in particular.

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Molina, Michael Autumn 2013.

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  • Main Title: Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operators' Strike of 1919
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Article details the events of the Drumright Telephone Operator's Strike, the resulting Red Scare, and the way the details were twisted and expanded out of proportion into a Bolshevik uprising in the wake of World War I. Michael Molina focuses on the influence of media in particular.

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23 p. : ill.

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Abstract: In the wake of World War I, the United States plunged into a period of fear and suspicion known as the Red Scare. This nationwide paranoia infiltrated the small Oklahoma town of Drumright in 1919, when a telephone operators' strike turned into a sensational story of Bolshevik influence and Communist treachery. Michael Molina relates the story of the strike and how it was portrayed in media across the nation.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 91(3), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2013, pp. 326-348

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue: 3
  • Page Start: 326
  • Page End: 348

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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013 (Journal/Magazine/Newsletter)

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Corrections, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014

Corrections section from Volume 92, Number 1, Spring 2014. It includes corrections to photograph captions in Michael Molina's "Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operator's Strike of 1919," (Volume 91, Number 3, Fall 2013). It also includes a correction to an endnote in Jeff Spelman's "Governor Lee Cruce and the Creation of the Office of County Assessor: A Hundred Year Retrospective" (Volume 91, Number 4, Winter 2013-2014).

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Molina, Michael. Red Panic: The Drumright Telephone Operators' Strike of 1919, article, Autumn 2013; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2017345/: accessed May 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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