Papers, 1916-1980 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1916-1980 (inclusive).

Photocopies of a scrapbook containing correspondence, clippings, flyers, and membership cards; articles re: Norwood, her husband, and students at the Bryn Mawr and Brookwood Labor Schools. Also oversized posters from Boston Women's Trade Union League.

3 folders.

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Truman, Margaret, 1924-2008

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The Women's Trade Union League was founded in Boston in 1903 during the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor. Local branches were organized within a year in Boston, Chicago and New York. The League worked through unionization campaigns, educational programs, and legislative lobbying to improve the working conditions of women in the industrial labor force. The organization was dissolved in 1950. From the description of Papers of the Women's Trade Union League and its ...