National Council on Household Employment records, 1908-1946, bulk 1928-1941.

Hill, William Powell, 1844-1929

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Foley, Bernice Williams, 1902-

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Dieckman, Anetta M.

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United States. Department of Labor

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The Department of Labor is headed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well being of the wage earners, job seekers,...

Gunther, Emma H.

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Taylor, Mildred D

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Burdick, Anna Laylor.

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Pittsburgh Urban League.

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Stanley, Louise

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

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The United States Women's Bureau (WB) is an agency of the United States government within the United States Department of Labor. The Women's Bureau works to create parity for women in the labor force by conducting research and policy analysis, to inform and promote policy change, and to increase public awareness and education. The Director is appointed by the President. Prior to the Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011, the position required confirmation by advice ...

United States. Department of Labor

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Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

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Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Rooseve...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

United States. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics

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In 1915, the Office of Home Economics was established within the States Relations Service and in 1922, Secretary Henry A. Wallce announced his plans to expand the scope of the Office and to establish a bureau under the leadership of a woman. In 1923, the Bureau of Home Economics was established with Louise Stanley as its chief. From the description of USDA Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics records : manuscript, 1921-1972 1950-1970. 1921-1972 (National Agricultural Library)...

United States. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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In order to counteract the effects of the Depression, the Federal Government founded numerous agencies geared at lowering unemployment and boosting the economy. Among these were the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), created on May 12, 1933; the Civil Works Administration (CWA), established on November 9, 1933; and the Works Progress Administration (WPA-1), established on May 6, 1935. The Civil Works Administration was abolished in March, 1934, with its functions and records transfe...

National Council on Household Employment.

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The National Committee on Employer-Employee Relationships at Home, (called the National Council on Household Employment from 1931 until its disbandment) functioned to coordinate educational and research activities of groups interested in this field. The Committee was created in October, 1928 by a national conference on the subject of household employment held in Washington, D.C. at the invitation of the Bureau of Home Economics, the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department ...

Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964

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Anderson, Director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor for 25 years, had emigrated from Sweden at 16. She worked for 18 years as a machine operator in shoe factories, was active in the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, and organized women workers for the National Women's Trade Union League before her appointment as assistant director of the Women in Industry Service in 1918. Anderson became director in 1919 and remained in that position (the Women in Industry Service became the Wome...

Carner, Lucy Perkins, 1886-1983

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B. 1886 in York, Pennsylvania; graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1908; received M.A. in sociology from Columbia University in 1924; social worker; Quaker; pacifist and war-tax resister; d. 1983. From the description of Papers, 1953-1977. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 42429889 ...

Andrews, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Richard), 1877-

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Cornell University, Class of 1901. Professor of household economics, Columbia University. From the description of Benjamin Andrews collection on home economics, 1879-1958. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64074586 ...

Kyrk, Hazel, 1886-1957

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Taylor, Mildred D.

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Hill, William P.

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Kneeland, Hildegard, 1889-

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Burdick, Anna Laylor.

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Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.

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Records of the YWCA's programs and activities among blacks began in 1907. From the description of Records, 1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007201 The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula opened in 1948 as a recreation center for business women. It expanded to provide recreational and social services for women that met the organization's mission of "empowering women and eliminating racism." The organization was based in Palo Alto until its closing in 2003. ...

United States. National Recovery Administration

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Foley, Bernice.

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Watson, Frank Dekker

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Nienburg, Bertha M. (Bertha Marie), 1890-

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Dieckman, Anetta M.

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Pittsburgh Urban League.

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Domestic Workers Guild.

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Watson, Amey E.

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United States. National Youth Administration

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United States. Work Projects Administration

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The Works Progress Administration was involved in various projects including the compilation of sources on American territories. The card catalogs for these were prepared at the Library of Congress and are now in the National Archives. From the description of Classified Alaska Bibliography, 1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42927718 Works Progress Administration (later called Work Projects Administration) began operations in San Joaquin County, Calif., July 1935. County a...

Stanley, Louise, 1883-1954

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National Committee on Prisons and Prison Labor (U.S.)

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Gunther, Emma H.

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