Miller, Frieda S.
Variant namesLabor administrator and official (Milwaukee-Downer College, A.B., 1911), Miller was appointed director of the Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage at the N.Y. State Dept. of Labor in 1929. In 1938 she was appointed Industrial Commissioner of N.Y., from 1943 to 1944 she was special assistant on labor to the U.S. ambassador in London, and 1944 to 1953, director of the Women's Bureau. She then worked for the International Labour Organisation conducting surveys of working conditions and opportunities for women and children in Asia and the Middle East, represented the International Alliance of Women at the United Nations, 1957-1958, and was UN representative in the International Union for Child Welfare, a European organization, until 1967. Never married, Miller adopted a daughter in 1923, and for many years lived in N.Y.C. with labor union official Pauline Newman.
From the description of Papers, 1909-1973 (inclusive), 1929-1967 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122357559
Labor administrator and official (Milwaukee-Downer College, A.B., 1911), Miller was appointed director of the Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wage at the New York State Dept. of Labor in 1929. In 1938 she was appointed Industrial Commissioner of New York, from 1943 to 1944 she was special assistant on labor to the U.S. ambassador in London, and 1944 to 1953, director of the Women's Bureau. She then worked for the International Labour Organisation conducting surveys of working conditions and opportunities for women and children in Asia and the Middle East, represented the International Alliance of Women at the United Nations, 1957-1958, and was United Nations representative in the International Union for Child Welfare, a European organization, until 1967. Never married, Miller adopted a daughter in 1923, and for many years lived in New York City with labor union official Pauline Newman.
From the description of Additional papers, 1948-1963 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 539585186
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| referencedIn | New York House and School of Industry. Vocational Training Project. Records, 1950-1961 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Miller, Frieda S. Additional papers, 1948-1963 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Bernays, Doris Fleischman, 1891-. Papers, 1914-1978 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Bondfield, Margaret Grace, 1873-1953. Papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Young, Louise Merwin, 1903-. Papers, 1946-1980 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Briefs, 1928-1976 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Miller, Emma Guffey, 1874-1970. Papers: Series III-IV, 1900-1972 (inclusive) [microform]. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997. Papers, 1884-1998 (inclusive), 1929-1998 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Saunders, Cecilia Cabaniss, 1883-1966. Cecilia Cabaniss Saunders papers, 1941-1945. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Bondfield, Margaret, 1873-1953. Margaret Grace Bondfield papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). | Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library | |
| referencedIn | Sage Colleges. Archives. Honorary degree recipient for 1949, Frieda Miller. | The Sage Colleges Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Miller, Frieda S. Autobiography, 1956. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Additional papers, (scattered), 1926-1982 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Newman, Pauline. Additional papers, 1926-1982 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Johnson, Carrie Ashton, 1863-. Series V of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1889-1941 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Rogers, Edith Nourse, 1881-1960. Papers, 1854-1961 (inclusive), 1881-1961 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Consumers' League of Massachusetts. Records, 1891-1955 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Papers of Frieda S. Miller, 1909-1973 (inclusive), 1929-1967 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Parisi, Angela R., 1914-1961. Papers, 1940-1961 (inclusive), 1955-1961 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Clara Mortensen Beyer | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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Birth 1889
Death 1973
