Trade union women oral history project 1978-1979

Dubrow, Evelyn, 1911-2006

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Evelyn Dubrow, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321596 Evelyn Dubrow was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1911. A graduate of New York University, Dubrow worked as a report for The Morning Call (Patterson, N.J.) and Secretary of the New Jersey organization of the American Newspaper Guild from 1943 to 1946, before becoming Educational Director for the Textile...

Kemp, Maida Springer, 1910-2005

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Maida Springer Kemp (1910 – 2005) was an American labor organizer who worked extensively in the garment industry for a lot of labor standards at the time for men and women in America through the Local Union 22. She was also known for her extensive work in Africa for the AFL–CIO. Nicknamed "Mama Maida", she advised fledgling labor unions, set up education and training programs, and liaised between American and African labor leaders. In 1945, traveling to England on a labor-exchange trip, as well ...

Luscomb, Florence, 1887-1985

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Florence Hope Luscomb, social and political activist, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on February 6, 1887, the daughter of Otis and Hannah Skinner (Knox) Luscomb. With an S.B. in architecture (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1909), she worked as an architect until 1917, when she became executive secretary for the Boston Equal Suffrage Association. She held positions in the Massachusetts Civic League and other organizations and agencies until 1933, when she became a full-ti...

Peterson, Esther Eggertsen, 1906-1997

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Esther Peterson was born Esther Eggertsen in Provo, Utah, on December 9, 1906. She was one of six children: Luther ("Bud"), Algie, Thelma, Anna Maria, Esther, and Mark. Her parents, Lars and Annie (Nielsen) Eggertsen , were the children of Danish immigrants who walked across the plains to Utah seeking freedom to worship as Mormons. The Eggertsens were Republicans, but Esther Peterson became an active Democrat, working in the fields of education, labor, women's rights and consumer a...

Newman, Pauline, 1887-1986

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Pauline Newman, labor organizer, Director of Health Education at the Union Health Center of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), and member of the National and New York Women's Trade Union League (N/NYWTUL), was born in Popelan, Kuvna, Lithuania, in about 1890, the youngest of Meyer and Theresa Newman's two sons and four daughters. Meyer Newman sold fruit and taught Talmud to the well-to-do sons of the village. Following his death, Theresa Newman and her three yo...

Cohen, Sophie

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Christensen, Ethlyn

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Merrill, Barbara, 1934-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Barbara Merrill, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321620 ...

Segal, Bonnie, 1916-1976,

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Bonnie Segal, 1975. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321640 ...

Pincus, Celia.

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Herstein, Lillian.

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Jeffrey, Mildred, 1911-2004

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Executive, of Detroit, Mich.; b. Mildred McWilliams. From the description of Papers, 1944-1974. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28421504 ...

Gladstein, Caroline Decker.

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Turner, Doris.

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Callahan, Mary

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Callahan, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321600 ...

Graham, Charlotte

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Charlotte Graham, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321593 ...

Wertheimer, Barbara M.

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Sweet, Gertrude, 1890-

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Gertrude Sweet, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321636 ...

Kennedy, Ola.

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Taylor, Pauline, 1900-....

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Pauline Taylor, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321635 ...

Compton, Bulah.

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Norwood, Rose.

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Ward, Angela Gizzi, 1910-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Angela Gizzi Ward, 1977. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321630 ...

Kimmel, Elizabeth.

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Roberts, Lillian M.

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Lillian Roberts, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321619 ...

Neal, Fannie, 1919-

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Fannie Neal, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321642 ...

Day, Clara.

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Podojil, Antoinette

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Antoinette Podojil, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321615 ...

Scattergood, Margaret, 1894-

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Labor economist. From the description of Oral history interview with Margaret Scattergood, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321623 Labor researcher. From the description of Reminiscences of Margaret Scattergood : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309725121 ...

Peurala, Alice, 1928-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Alice Peurala, 1977. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321628 ...

Conroy, Catherine.

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Haener, Dorothy, 1917-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Dorothy Haener, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321592 ...

Fredgrant, Sara, 1900-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Sara Fredgrant, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321594 ...

Levitas, Mollie, 1885-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Mollie Levitas, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321613 ...

Roberts, Geraldine, 1924-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Geraldine Roberts, 1977. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321614 ...

Fese, Marie.

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Maupin, Joyce

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Mount, Julia Lunt.

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Wooding, Nelle.

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McElrath, Ah Quon, 1915-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Ah Quon McElrath, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321601 ...

Schwenkmeyer, Frieda, 1901-

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Frieda Schwenkmeyer, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321625 ...

Jones, Brownie Lee, 1897-

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Labor educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Brownie Lee Jones, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321617 ...

Barron, Sarah

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Sarah Barron, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321585 ...

Wiencek, Ruth.

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Lynch, Florence, 1911-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Florence Lynch, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321604 ...

Sullivan, Anna, 1903-

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Anna Sullivan, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321638 ...

Neal, Arline, 1917-

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Arline Neal, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321641 ...

De La Cruz, Jessie Lopez, 1919-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interviews with Jessie De La Cruz, 1973-1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321597 ...

Nussbaum, Karen

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Baker, Mary Ursula.

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Elkuss, Mary, 1915-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Elkuss, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321595 ...

Palmquist, Rose

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Rose Palmquist, 1977. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321621 ...

Lunsford, Minnie.

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Robinson, Dolly Lowther

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Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (University of Michigan--Wayne State University). Program on Women and Work

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Conducted by the Women and Work Program of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, entitled, "The Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change." From the description of Institute of Labor and Insutrial Relations, Women and Work Program (University of Michigan) transcripts of oral history project, 1978-1979. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423168 The Twentieth Century Trade Uni...

McGill, Eula.

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Thornburgh, Lucille, 1909-

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Trade-union organizer. From the description of Oral history interview with Lucille Thornburgh, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321634 ...

Maietta, Julia, 1909-

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Nord, Elisabeth, 1902-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Antoinette Podojil, 1975. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321616 ...

Lucia, Carmen, 1902-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Carmen Lucia, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321607 ...

Peterson, Florence, 1894-....

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Florence Peterson, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321627 ...

Kraus, Dorothy

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Dorothy Kraus, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321610 Months of student unrest in Paris universities culminated in a confrontation between students and police at the Sorbonne on May 3, 1968. The students and their supporters barricaded the Latin Quarter and were immediately beseiged by the police. The conflict spread to provincial universities and by mid M...