Illinois Women's Auxiliary of the Progressive Miners of America.

Organized at the state convention of the Progressive Miners of America at Gillespie, Ill. in 1932 as a group dedicated to providing strike relief to miners and their families and advocating labor legislation, labor education and " independent working class political action". Agnes Burns Wieck, who had been active in organizing the women, was elected as the first president of the national organization, which only survived 2 years. The Illinois group continued on and remained active in its advocacy for miners.

From the description of Records, 1933-1965. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 48034822