Carol Rich Andreas
Carol Rich Andreas, 71, died Dec. 8,
2004, at her home in Fort Collins, Colo. She was the daughter of
Willis and Hulda Rich who were longtime residents of North Newton.
She was a niece of Margaret Rich of North Newton and a cousin of
Dwight and LaVonne Platt and Kamala Platt of rural Newton and Dumont
and Barbara Schmidt of rural Whitewater. On Dec. 12, 2004, more than
80 friends and family gathered in Colorado to commemorate and
celebrate her life. Carol grew up in North and attended public
schools and Bethel College. In 1954, she received her master's degree
in psychology from the University of Minnesota and in 1967 a Ph. D.
In sociology from Wayne State University. She taught at a number of
universities both in the United States and Peru, most recently at the
University of Northern Colorado, until she retired in 1994.
Carol was an internationally known
social activist who was concerned with justice and women's rights
issues around the globe. She organized protests against the Vietnam
War and was active in the feminist movement in Detroit in the 1960s.
During the 1970s, she lived in Chile and Peru, where she was involved
with the struggles of working class women. Since the late 1970s she
had lived in Colorado, where she was concerned to better the
conditions faced by immigrant workers. On the basis of her research
and experience, she authored numerous social research papers and four
books: Sex and Caste in America (1971), Nothing Is as It Should Be: A
North American Woman in Chile (1976), When Women Rebel: The Rise of
Popular Feminism in Peru (1966), and Meatpackers and Beef Barons:
Company Town in a Global Economy (1994).
Carol was also an artist. A eulogy
broadcast on radio station WBAI in New York stated, “Shredding tiny
bits of paper into collages, her art chronicled her life of activism,
love in all its forms, and the stories of women and people in
struggle throughout the world.” She had presented a visual memoir
about her art at the Meadowbrook Art Center in rural Newton this last
May.
She is survived by: two sisters, Mary
Lou Goertzen and Suzanne Osborn; a brother, Jim Rich; three sons and
their spouses, Joel Andreas and Ay Vinijkul, Peter Andreas and
Jasmina Burdzovic Andreas, and Ronald Andreas and Dawn Blanken; and
her grandson, Derek Andreas (Ronald and Dawn's son).
