Stein, Leon, 1912-1990
Biographical notes:
Born in Baltimore, Leon Stein moved from New York City as a child and made his home there. By the time he was graduated from the City College of New York in 1934, he had worked in a laundry, for the subway, as a waiter in a Catskill resort and as a ladies' garment cutter, and after his graduation he returned to the garment industry as a cutter and patternmaker.
In 1939, Mr. Stein began writing a regular feature for Justice, the publication of the ILGWU, and soon was made copy editor and, later, assistant editor of the magazine; in 1952, he assumed responsibilities as editor, which he maintained until 1977.
Under Mr. Stein's editorship, Justice received many honors, including, in 1959, the distinction of being chosen by the University of California School of Journalism as the outstanding trade union publication in the country. He coedited, with Max Danish, a documentary history of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and helped edit an anthology of writing from the labor press.
This biography was adapted from the dust jacket of the 1962 edition of The Triangle Fire, written by Leon Stein, and published by J.R. Lippincott & Co.
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Subjects:
- Clothing workers
- Clothing workers
- Industrial relations
- Industrial relations
- Labor unions
- Labor unions
- Shirtwaist Makers' Strike, New York, N.Y., 1909
- Textile workers
- Textile workers
- Women's clothing industry
- Women's clothing industry
- Clothing workers
- Industrial relations
- Labor unions
- Textile workers
- Women's clothing industry
Occupations:
- Editor
- Laborers
- Patternmakers
- Writer
Places:
- Delray Beach, FL, US
- Baltimore, MD, US
- New York City, NY, US
- New York (State) (as recorded)
