Records, 1950-1961

Leopold, Alice Koller, 1906-1982

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Alice Koller Leopold (May 9, 1906 in Scranton, Pennsylvania – 1982) was an American politician, social activist, and government official. She served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1951 to 1953 and as Director of the United States Women's Bureau from 1953 to 1961. Alice Koller was the daughter of E. Leonard Koller (1872-1953) and Leonora Edwards Koller (1881-1942). She graduated from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland in 1927, double-majoring in English and economics. After a t...

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

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The Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Massachusetts), a non-profit social and educational agency, was founded in 1877 by Dr. Harriet Clisby, and incorporated in 1880, "to increase fellowship among women and to promote the best practical methods for securing their educational, industrial and social advancement." In order to accomplish this mission, the organization was arranged in committees or departments which throughout its hist...

Miller, Frieda Segelke, 1889-1973

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Frieda Segelke Miller, labor administrator and official, was born at La Crosse, Wisconsin, on April 16, 1889. Her parents, James Gordon, a lawyer, and Erna Segelke, died when Miller was small, leaving Frieda and her younger sister Elsie to be reared by their grandmother, Augusta (Mrs. Charles) Segelke of La Crosse. Miller received her BA from Milwaukee-Downer College (later Lawrence University), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1911; she then spent four years doing graduate work in economics, sociology,...

New York House and School of Industry. Vocational Training Project.

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The Project, administered by Dorothy Warren, was a refresher program for older women with previous secretarial training and experience. In ca. 1951, it became the primary function of the N.Y. House and School of Industry, an agency founded in 1851 to provide needlework skills and employment for immigrant women, which had merged in 1951 with Greenwich House, a Greenwich Village settlement house founded in 1902. From the description of Records, 1950-1961 (inclusive). (Harvard Universit...

Greenwich House, New York

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United States. Department of Labor. Women's Bureau.

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Warren, Dorothy, 1905-2008

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Warren was born in White Plains, N.Y., and attended the Spence School, Columbia University, and the California School of Fine Arts. She served (1942-1946) as Director of Training and Records Officer for the United States Women's Army Corps. In the 1950s she was director of a vocational training project for older women at the New York House and School of Social Industry. She also sold real estate and worked as a travel agent, and later was the Executive Director of Church Building Aid for the Boa...