Orr, Louise.

Biography

Orr, Louise (Cutter, Lois); b. April 23, 1917, Louisville, Kentucky; Married to Charles Orr; Socialist; Sailed summer 1936; Served with the POUM’s support organization, and later employed by the Catalan Regional Government's Propaganda Office; d. 1999, Geneva, Switzerland.
Sources: RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 958, ll. 22-24, 2-pages in German; Horn, Gerd-Rainer, Letters from Barcelona: An American Woman in Revolution and Civil War. Code A
Photograph: Lois Orr in Barcelona, photograph Courtesy of Elizabeth Cusick.