Bryn Mawr College. Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Originally the brainchild of Bryn Mawr president M. Carey Thomas, the program was funded by philanthropists such as John D. Rockefeller Jr. and taught by distinguished faculty drawn from local institutions. Under the direction of Hilda Worthington Smith it evolved into a successful workers' education program that served as the model for several others. Many of the students, who came from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds and worked in a variety of industries, went on to become union leaders. For political reasons, the program fell out of favor with the college board of trustees and was terminated in 1938.
The school is the subject of a 1985 documentary by Suzanne Bauman and Rita Heller, The Women of Summer.
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associatedWith | Aaron, Maxine L., | person |
associatedWith | American Labor Education Service. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Colby, Josephine, 1878-1938 | person |
associatedWith | Davis, Jean Scobie, 1892-1985 | person |
associatedWith | Fairchild, Mildred. | person |
associatedWith | Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (University of Michigan--Wayne State University). Program on Women and Work. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Lockwood, Helen Drusilla, 1891-1971. | person |
associatedWith | Miller, Helen Hill, 1899- | person |
associatedWith | Peterson, Esther Eggertsen, 1906-1997 | person |
associatedWith | Shanberg, Louise Gugino | person |
associatedWith | Smith, Hilda Worthington | person |
associatedWith | Van Kleeck, Mary, 1883- | person |
associatedWith | Warburton, Amber Arthun, 1898-1976 | person |
associatedWith | Wolfson, Theresa, 1897-1972. | person |
associatedWith | Wylie, Laura Johnson, 1855-1932. | person |
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Bryn Mawr | PA | US |
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Immigrants |
Labor |
Trade union movement |
Women |
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Educating adults |
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Establishment 1921
Disestablishment 1938
Female
Americans
English