Pesotta, Rose, 1896-

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.)