O'Farrell and Kornbluh papers, 1889-1996.

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O'Farrell and Kornbluh papers, 1889-1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122576156

Collection consists of research material for the book, including audiotapes and transcripts of interviews with Esther Peterson and Maida Springer Kemp, 1992-1995; transcript of Rogin Lecture, George Meany Memorial Archives which featured Peterson, Kemp, Dorothy Haener, Ah Quon McElrath and Jessie De La Cruz, 1996; photocopies of speeches, writings, etc., by or about labor and human rights activist Florence Luscomb, 1889-1976; and testimony, correspondence, flyers and other printed material concerning the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Julia O'Connor Parker, leader of the New England telephone workers, 1919-1973.

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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...

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 ...

O'Farrell, Brigid.

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Brigid O'Farrell and Joyce L. Kornbluh are labor historians and editors of Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975, published in 1996. From the description of O'Farrell and Kornbluh papers, 1889-1996. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122576156 ...

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 ...

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

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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 ...

Kornbluh, Joyce Lewis

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Parker, Julia O'Connor, 1890-1962.

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