Women and Work Collection 1978

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Women and Work Collection 1978

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1313

Typed transcripts (electrostatic copies) of interviews with women for the project: "The Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change," conducted by the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (University of Michigan-Wayne State University) Program on Women and Work.

3.75 linear feet (9 boxes)

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351255

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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