Ellickson, Katherine Pollak, 1905-1996

Labor economist Katherine Pollak Ellickson served as executive secretary of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-1963. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., she graduated from Vassar College, worked as an economist for the National Labor Relations Board (1938-1940) and the Social Security Board (1940-1941), as associate director of research at the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1935-1937, 1942-1955) and as assistant director of the social security department of the AFL-CIO (1955- ).

From the description of Papers, 1976-1989 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007729

Katherine Pollak Ellickson was a member of the original office staff of the Congress for Industrial Organization during the period November 1935-December 1937.

From the guide to the Ellickson, Katherine Pollak. Congress of Industrial Organizations Papers, 1935-1937., (Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.)

Interviewee married John C. Ellickson.

From the description of Reminiscences of Katherine Ellickson : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597663

Labor economist. Taught at Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, Brookwood Labor College, and for the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Associate Director of Research at CIO national office. Assistant Director of Social Security Department at AFL-CIO national office.

From the description of Oral history interviews with Katherine Pollak Ellickson, 1974, Dec. 15. ; 1976, Jan. 10. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321329