Ottilie Markholt

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Ottilie Markholt
Ottilie Markholt with Peter B. Gill in 1943
Born	Ottilie Kepner February 25, 1916 Candle, Alaska
Died	November 25, 2004 Tacoma, Washington
Organizations	Communist Party USA Congress of Racial Equality Industrial Workers of the World OPEIU, local 23 Tacoma NAACP
Notable work	Maritime Solidarity: Pacific Coast Unionism, 1929-1938 The Concern of All: Tacoma Working People and Their Unions, 1883-1895
Spouses	Robert (Bob) Dombroff (married 1935-1941) Halvor Markholt (married 1943-1953)
Children	Bob Markholt (1937-2009) Lee Markholt (1939-2020)
Parents	Alfred Silverthorne Kepner Clara Reissennweber Kepner

Ottilie Markholt (February 25, 1916-November 25, 2004) was an American trade unionist, labor historian, and political activist who spent most of her life in Tacoma, Washington. At different points in her life, Markholt was a member of the Communist Party, CORE, NAACP, IWW, and OPEIU. Markholt authored multiple books and countless articles about labor history on the West Coast and made efforts to expand labor studies and education.