Miller, Frieda S.

Labor administrator and official (Milwaukee-Downer College, A.B., 1911), Miller was appointed director of the Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage at the N.Y. State Dept. of Labor in 1929. In 1938 she was appointed Industrial Commissioner of N.Y., from 1943 to 1944 she was special assistant on labor to the U.S. ambassador in London, and 1944 to 1953, director of the Women's Bureau. She then worked for the International Labour Organisation conducting surveys of working conditions and opportunities for women and children in Asia and the Middle East, represented the International Alliance of Women at the United Nations, 1957-1958, and was UN representative in the International Union for Child Welfare, a European organization, until 1967. Never married, Miller adopted a daughter in 1923, and for many years lived in N.Y.C. with labor union official Pauline Newman.

Labor administrator and official (Milwaukee-Downer College, A.B., 1911), Miller was appointed director of the Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage at the New York State Dept. of Labor in 1929. In 1938 she was appointed Industrial Commissioner of New York, from 1943 to 1944 she was special assistant on labor to the U.S. ambassador in London, and 1944 to 1953, director of the Women's Bureau. She then worked for the International Labour Organisation conducting surveys of working conditions and opportunities for women and children in Asia and the Middle East, represented the International Alliance of Women at the United Nations, 1957-1958, and was United Nations representative in the International Union for Child Welfare, a European organization, until 1967. Never married, Miller adopted a daughter in 1923, and for many years lived in New York City with labor union official Pauline Newman.