National Women’s Trade Union League of America

Organizational History

1903 Founded, Boston, Mass. Mary Morton Kehew elected president 1904 Women’s trade union leagues founded in Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y., and Boston, Mass. 1907 National convention, Norfolk, Va. 1907 1922 Margaret Dreier Robins served as president 1909 National convention, Chicago, Ill. 1911 Founding of Life and Labor, official organ of the National Women’s Trade Union League of America National convention, Boston, Mass. 1913 National convention, St. Louis, Mo. 1914 1926 Conducted a training school for women labor leaders 1915 National convention, New York, N.Y. 1917 National convention, Kansas City, Mo. 1919 National convention, Philadelphia, Pa. International Congress of Working Women, Washington, D.C. 1921 International Congress of Working Women, Geneva, Switzerland 1922 National convention, Waukegan, Ill. Maud O’ Farrell Swartz elected president 1923 International Federation of Working Women, Vienna, Austria 1924 National convention, New York, N.Y. 1926 National convention, Kansas City, Mo. Rose Schneiderman elected president 1929 National convention, Washington, D.C. 1936 National convention, Washington, D.C. 1947 National convention, Washington, D.C. 1950 League dissolved

From the guide to the National Women’s Trade Union League of America Records, 1903-1950, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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