Papers of Mary N. Winslow, 1923-1951

National Women's Trade Union League of America

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The National Women’s Trade Union League of America (NWTUL) was established in Boston, MA in 1903, at the convention of the American Federation of Labor. It was organized as a coalition of working-class women, professional reformers, and women from wealthy and prominent families. Its purpose was to “assist in the organization of women wage workers into trade unions and thereby to help them secure conditions necessary for healthful and efficient work and to obtain a just reward for such work.” ...

Dewson, Mary (Molly) Williams, 1874-1962

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From the guide to the Papers, 1893-1962, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute) Mary ("Molly") Williams Dewson (February 18, 1874 - October 21, 1962) was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Edward Henry Dewson and Elizabeth Weld (Williams) Dewson. After earning her A.B. degree from Wellesley College (1897), Dewson was hired as secretary of the Domestic Reform Committee of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston. She left this position in 1900 ...

Winslow, Mary N. (Mary Nelson), 1887-1952

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Social worker (N.Y. School of Social Work), Winslow worked for the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Dept. of Labor for ten years beginning during WWI, writing studies on women in industry and the effects of labor legislation on women's employment. She was then an officer of the National Women's Trade Union League, and U.S. representative on the Inter-American Commission on Women (1939-1944), also serving as adviser on women's organizations to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Co-ordinator of Inter-American Affai...

Upton, Harriet Taylor, 1853-1945

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Suffragist and author Harriet Taylor Upton (1853-1945) was born in Ravenna, Ohio. Upon her father's election to Congress in 1880, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she developed a close acquaintance with national Republican leaders and came in contact with leading suffragists. In 1890 Harriet Upton joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association, serving as treasurer from 1894-1910. In addition, she was president of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association (1899-1908 and 1911-19...

Dingman, Mary Agnes, 1875-1961.

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Dingman was chairman of the Women's International Organisations peace and disarmament committee (1931-1939), and traveled abroad lecturing for the World YWCA (1920-1935). From the description of Papers, 1917-1957 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006574 ...

Inter-American Commission of Women

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In 1928, the Inter-American Commission of Women (IACW) was established to study the civil and political status of women in the Americas. Don Stevens was appointed first chairman of the Commission of 21 members, one from each country in North, Central, and South America. From the guide to the Inter-American Commission of Women Records MS 312., 1928-1976, (Sophia Smith Collection) From the description of Records, 1928-1976. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 50118946 ...

Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972

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Frank Bunker Gilbreth had no formal education beyond high school but he rose from bricklayer, to building contractor, to management engineer in a few short years. He and his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth collaborated to develop ways to increase output of workers in manufacturing and clerical positions, as pioneers in the field of industrial engineering. They often used their large family as guinea pigs for their experiments, which are lovingly detailed in the 1948 book “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Pur...

Post, Alice Thatcher, 1853-1947.

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Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957

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Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1876, daughter of the state's first Lieutenant Governor, Othman A. Abbott. She received her A.B. from the University of Nebraska in 1901, her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1905, and spent the year 1906-1907 in post-graduate study at the University of London. Upon her return to Chicago in 1908, she became a resident of Hull House, where she remained until 1920. During this same period, 1908-1920, she served as Associate Director of the ...

Anderson, Mary, 1921-

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This manuscript is a close hand-written transcript of the Lewis and Clark journals. The transcript (“an exact copy, word for word, letter for letter, and point for point”) was begun around December 1892 by “expert copyist” Mary Anderson at the request of Elliott Coues (Cutright, History 89), and was completed in 1893. Elliott Coues had been hired by Francis Harper to annotate the 1814 Biddle/Allen narrative of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During his research, Coues became aware o...

O'Connor, Agnes J.

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Robins, Margaret Dreier 1868-1945

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Women's rights leader and social activist. Margaret Dreier Robins was born in 1868 in Brooklyn, New York. She left New York in 1925 and moved to Florida with her husband Raymond Robins. The Robins' resided at a large estate called Chinsegut Hill near the town of Brooksville. Margaret was a founder and leader of the National Women's Trade Union League and an outspoken crusader for equal rights for women in the workplace. She and her husband were also active in politics and campaigned for candidat...

I.L.O. Conference of American States, Havana, 1939

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