Barnard Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
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Barnard College Summer School for Women Workers in Industry was established in 1927 as part of the Affiliated Summer Schools for Women Workers in Industry. The idea was to make use of empty campuses in the summer months to provide scholarships and non-residential educational programs to working women, most of whom were recent immigrants. Barnard's program was part of the Columbia Summer Session. It ran for 7 weeks each summer. Bryn Mawr College established the first program in 1921. The University of Wisconsin and the Vineyard Shore School at West Park, N.Y. also had programs. The schools introduced women who were employed in factories to humanistic and political studies including Marxism and trade unionism. Women also studied Science, English and other subjects as a means of understanding and enjoying life. The Affiliated Summer Schools for Women in Industry closed in 1938.
From the description of Barnard College Summer School for Women Workers in Industry records 1927-1933. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122404641
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- Books and reading
- Industrial relations
- Labor unions
- Summer school
- Trade union movement
- Women
- Women
- Women college students
- Women's colleges
- Working class
- Working class women
- Working class women
- Working class writings, American
- Women
- Working class women
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- New York (State)--New York (as recorded)
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