Morse, Theresa Jacobson, ca.1909-1993.

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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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Massachusetts
Massachusetts--Boston
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Camps
Collective bargaining
Community centers
Jewish women
Labor disputes
Labor economics
Labor unions
Recreation
Social settlements
Social service
Textile industry
Wages
Women
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Birth 1909

Death 1993

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