Pesotta, Rose, 1896-

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Dates:
Birth 1896
Death 1965
English, Yiddish, Russian,

Biographical notes:

Rose Pesotta (1896-1965) was a labor union official.

From the description of Rose Pesotta papers, 1922-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517425

From the guide to the Rose Pesotta papers, 1922-1965, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

1896 Born in Derazhnya, Russia, November 20 1909 12 Attended Rosalia Davidoffs private girls' School 1913 Arrived in USA with her grandmother 1914 Joined Local 25, ILGWU 1914 24 Worked as a seamstress 1919 Theodore Kushnarev deported to Russia Father dies in Derazhnya 1922 Attended Bryn Mawr summer school Researched Sacco-Vanzetti case for Local 25 1924 26 Attended Brookwood Labor College 1926 33 Worked as a seamstress in NYC 1930 Attended Wisconsin summer school 1933 Organized in Los Angeles for ILGWU 1934 Elected Vice-President of ILGWU Sent to Puerto Rico to organize seamstresses 1935 Organized in Seattle Organized in Buffalo 1936 Organized rubber workers in Akron Began involvement with Powers Hapgood Organized in Montreal 1937 Organized auto workers in Flint for CIO Returned to Montreal to organize Reelected to second term as vice president Slashed by razor during Cleveland Knitting Mill Strike 1942 Vacation in Mexico 1944 Resigned as ILGWU vice president Published "Bread Upon the Waters" 1945 Worked for Anti-Defamation League of the B'nai B'rith 1946 Traveled to Norway, Sweden, Poland Resigned from ADL and returned to New York City as a seamstress 1949 Worked as Midwest regional director for the American Trade Union Council of the Histadrut Death of Powers Hapgood 1950 Visited Europe and Israel 1955 Married Albert Martin (Frank Lopez) 1958 Published "Days of Our Lives" 1965 Died in Miami, Florida on December 6

From the guide to the Rose Pesotta. Papers, 1919-1961., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.)

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  • Anarchism
  • Anarchism
  • Labor disputes
  • Labor disputes
  • Labor movement
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  • Labor unions
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  • Racism
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  • World War, 1939-1945

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