Life and labor, a short history of the Women's Trade Union League, 1973.

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Life and labor, a short history of the Women's Trade Union League, 1973.

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Photocopy of a paper written by Lee for a university course, examining women and the trade union movement in the 19th century in the United States, the basic problems encountered when organizing women, and the history of the National Women's Trade Union League of America (1903-1950), organized to give women more power and to develop educational and legislative programs. The paper includes a transcript of an interview conducted by Manchester with Pauline Newman, a founder of the WTUL.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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.” ...

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...

Manchester, Lee, 1956-

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