Papers, 1886-1927 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1886-1927 (inclusive).

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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, speeches, articles, pamphlets, leaflets, and clippings reflect her career. O'Reilly wrote speeches and articles on equal rights, suffrage, socialism, labor conditions, and the employment of women. Some subjects of the material are the Manhattan Trade School for Girls in N.Y., where she taught sewing, the National Women's Trade Union League, the labor movement, the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. fire, strikes, peace, and the 1915 International Congress of Women. Correspondents include Mary Ritter Beard, Harriot Stanton Blatch, Mary Ware Dennett, Mary and Katherine Dreier, Laura Greshheimer, Harriet H. King, Margaret Dreier Robins, Olivia B. Strohm, and Mary Wolfe.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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O'Reilly, Leonora, 1870-1927.

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Factory worker, labor organizer, and social reformer, O'Reilly became vice-president of the New York Women's Trade Union League. For further information, see Notable American Women (1971). From the description of Papers, 1886-1927 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122336336 ...

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.” ...

Dreier, Mary E. (Mary Elisabeth), 1875-1963

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Mary Dreier (September 26, 1875 - August 15, 1963) was a New York social reformer. Mary Elisabeth Dreier was born in New York city New York, on September 26, 1875. Her parents, Theodor Dreier, a successful businessman, and Dorthea Dreier, were both immigrants from Germany. Her mother's maiden name was Dreier and her parents were cousins from Bremen, Germany, where their ancestors were civic leaders and merchants. Theodor came to the United States in 1849 and became partner at the New York bra...

Dennett, Mary Ware, 1872-1947

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Mary Coffin Ware Dennett (April 4, 1872 – July 25, 1947) was an American women's rights activist, pacifist, homeopathic advocate, and pioneer in the areas of birth control, sex education, and women's suffrage. She co-founded the National Birth Control League in 1915 together with Jessie Ashley and Clara Gruening Stillman. She founded the Voluntary Parenthood League, served in the National American Women's Suffrage Association, co-founded the Twilight Sleep Association, and wrote a famous pamphle...

Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958

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Historian, feminist, and author. Married historian Charles Beard. From the description of Papers, 1935-1958 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006703 From the description of Letters, 1937-1942 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008676 Beard was an American author and historian. From the description of Correspondence: [1938?]-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155180912 Mary Ritter Bear...

Blatch, Harriot Stanton, 1856-1940

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Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch (b. Jan. 20, 1856, Seneca Falls, NY–d. Nov. 20, 1940, Greenwich, CT) was the daughter of activists Henry Brewster Stanton and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in mathematics in 1878. She married Harry Blatch and lived in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Her daughter, Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, was the first U.S. woman to earn a degree in civil engineering. While in England, Blatch conducted a statistical study of rural English working ...

Wolfe, Mary Grantham

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King, Harriet H.

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Greshheimer, Laura.

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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...

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

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Strohm, Olivia B.

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World Congress of Women 1915 : Hague (Netherlands))

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Manhattan Trade School For Girls (New York, N.Y.)

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Dreier, Katherine Sophie, 1877-1952

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Painter and co-founder/president of the Société Anonyme, Inc. From the description of Correspondence, 1928-1929. (Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)). WorldCat record id: 122577860 Katherine S. Dreier, artist, promoter of modern art, and co-founder of the Société Anonyme. Société Anonyme, organization founded in 1920 by Katherine S. Dreier, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray to promote modern art among the public. From the description of Katherin...