Reid, Harriett.
Biographical notes:
Harriett Reid, a lawyer in Springfield, Ill., from 1920 to 1937 served as an arbitrator on the Illinois Industrial Commission, a civil service position dealing with workmen's compensation cases. In 1920 the Illinois State Civil Service Commission had rerfused to hire Reid because she was a woman; her friend Catharine Waugh McCulloch helped her to fight the decision and win her appointment.
From the description of Series VII of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1920-1942 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008771
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Subjects:
- Arbitrators, Industrial
- Industrial accidents
- Sex discrimination against women
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Places:
- Illinois (as recorded)
