Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964
Variant namesAnderson, Director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor for 25 years, had emigrated from Sweden at 16. She worked for 18 years as a machine operator in shoe factories, was active in the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, and organized women workers for the National Women's Trade Union League before her appointment as assistant director of the Women in Industry Service in 1918. Anderson became director in 1919 and remained in that position (the Women in Industry Service became the Women's Bureau in 1920) until her retirement in 1944. She was a member of the Women's Work Committee of the International Labor Office and represented the U.S. at various international labor conferences. For further information, see Notable American Women: The Modern Period.
From the description of Papers, 1918-1960 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122470953
Anderson, Director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor for 25 years, had emigrated from Sweden at 16. She worked for 18 years as a machine operator in shoe factories, was active in the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, and organized women workers for the Women's Trade Union League before her appointment as assistant director of the (federal) Women in Industry Service in 1918. Anderson became director in 1919 and remained in that position (the Women in Industry Service became the Women's Bureau in 1920) until her retirement in 1944.
From the description of [Oral history interview] [sound recording]. [unknown] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008966
From the description of Transcript of radio broadcast, 1942. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232009095
From the description of [Radio broadcast] [sound recording]. 1942. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008965
Mary Anderson (1872-1964) was born in Lidkoping, Sweden and emigrated to the United States in 1888. After some years as an industrial worker in garment and shoe factories, she became an organizer for the National Boot and Shoe Workers' Union and, in 1903, one of the founders of the National Women's Trade Union League. In 1918, she was appointed Assistant Director of the Woman-In-Industry Service and later served as its director. She served as Director of the Women's Bureau in the Department of Labor from 1920 to 1944. She later served as Legislative Representative of the National Consumers' League.
From the description of Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10574191
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referencedIn | Voices of World War II. Audio recordings, 1942-1943. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1908-1943 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | National Women's Trade Union League of America Records on Microfilm, 1903-1950 | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Jacob Potofsky correspondence, 1930-1946, 1930-1940 (bulk). | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1929-1932 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Anna Howard Shaw in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1863-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964. Transcript of radio broadcast, 1942. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
referencedIn | American Association for Labor Legislation. Series 1, Subseries 7. Correspondence, 1935-1940. [microform] | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Margaret Grace Bondfield papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
referencedIn | National Consumers' League Records, 1882-1986, (bulk 1920-1950) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | National Women's Trade Union League of America. Records, 1904-1950. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | American Association for Labor Legislation. Series 1, Subseries 6. Correspondence, 1930-1935 [microform]. | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Rose Schneiderman Photographs, 1909-1962 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
referencedIn | Dewson, Molly, 1874-1962. Papers, 1893-1962 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth) Dreier, 1797-1968 (inclusive), 1897-1968 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Records of the Women's Bureau. 1892 - 1995. Reports | National Archives at College Park | |
referencedIn | Papers of Clara Mortensen Beyer | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1870-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America records, 1914-1980, 1920-1950 (bulk) | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
referencedIn | Switzer, Mary Elizabeth, 1900-. Papers, 1922-1973 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers, 1847-1968 (inclusive), 1909-1929 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Foley, Margaret, 1875-1957. Papers, 1847-1968 (bulk: 1909-1929) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth) Dreier, 1797-1968 (inclusive), 1897-1968 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Martha May Eliot, 1898-1975 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon collection, 1869-1945 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Anna Howard Shaw in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1863-1961 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Woman's rights collection, 1853-1958 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Rose Schneiderman Collection. Photographic prints, 1909-1962. | Churchill County Museum | |
referencedIn | Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1908-1943 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Van Kleeck, Mary, 1883-1972. Papers, 1883-1972 | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
referencedIn | Dewson, Molly, 1874-1962. Papers, 1893-1962 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Voices of World War II. Audio recordings, 1942-1943. | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
referencedIn | [Memorial service] [sound recording]. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964,. [Oral history interview] [sound recording]. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Bessie Hillman correspondence | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
referencedIn | Lamont, Corliss, 1902-. Papers, 1929-1932 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | National Women's Trade Union League of America. National Women's Trade Union Legaue of America papers of the Women's Trade Union League and its principal leaders, 1855-1964, bulk 1903-1950. [microform] | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Newman, Pauline, ca. 1890-1986. Papers, 1900-1980 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | National Council on Household Employment records, 1908-1946, bulk 1928-1941. | Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives | |
creatorOf | Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964. [Radio broadcast] [sound recording]. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | McCulloch, Catharine Waugh, 1862-1945. Papers in the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1869-1945 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1894-1971 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Coit, Eleanor G. Papers, 1894-1971 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Sidney Hillman papers, 1930-1946 (bulk 1935-1945) | Cornell University Library | |
referencedIn | Winslow, Mary N. (Mary Nelson). Papers, 1923-1951 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Newman, Pauline. Papers, 1903-1982 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Papers, 1918-1960 (inclusive) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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Birth 1872-08-27
Death 1964
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