Morse, Theresa Jacobson, ca.1909-1993.
Morse was born in Cedarhurst, N.Y. After graduating from Woodmere Academy (N.Y.) in 1926, she attended Barnard College for one year; she married Alan R. Morse (Harvard '19) in September 1927. She transferred to Radcliffe College and received her degree (A.B., Fine Arts) in 1934. The Morses lived in Brookline, Mass., and had three children. A unit chief in the Wage Stabilization Division of Region I of the National War Labor Board (1942-1945), she was president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters (1948-1951), and sat on the board of the Brookline Housing Authority (1949-1974). Active in social service work for many years, she was chair of the Divisional Committee on Recreation, Informal Education and Group Work of United Community Services (now United Way).
From the description of Papers, 1935-1951 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122566103
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creatorOf | Papers of Theresa Jacobson Morse, 1935-1951 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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associatedWith | Cheek, Jeannette Bailey. | person |
associatedWith | Coit, Eleanor G. | person |
associatedWith | Harvard University | corporateBody |
associatedWith | League of Women Voters of Massachusetts. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Mid-century White House Conference on Children and Youth (1950 : Washington, D.C.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United Community Services of Metropolitan Boston. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United States | corporateBody |
associatedWith | United States. National War Labor Board (1942-1945) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Wyzanski, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1906-1986. | person |
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Collective bargaining |
Community centers |
Jewish women |
Labor disputes |
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Birth 1909
Death 1993