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Callahan, Mary Ries, 1914-. Oral history interviews with Mary Callahan, 1976 May 7, 19, and 27.

Title: Oral history interviews with Mary Callahan, 1976 May 7, 19, and 27.

In these three interviews, Callahan discusses her childhood, family, early working years, the Kensington and Fishtown sections of Philadelphia, the beginnings of the union among women electrical workers, and the various positions she held in the union in Philadelphia, Pa. She talks about the communist domination of the UE, the General Electric strike in 1946, and union conferences as one of the few female delegates. She focuses on the longevity of women in the union, how she became involved in the union, and discusses her involvement with the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists. She documents the downsizing of companies (their moves to right-to-work states and foreign countries), attitudes toward women in the plant, local union organizing committees, and organizing attempts in Boone, North Carolina. She outlines the structure of the Local and International, and discusses her friendships within the union, work with and resignation from the President's Commission on the Status of Women, her stance on the Equal Rights Amendments, and her work with the Coalition of Labor Union Women.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes.Transcripts: 35, 32, 47 leaves.

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