Papers, 1909-1968 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1909-1968 (inclusive).

Correspondence, manuscripts, programs, reports, photos, and speeches and articles by Odencrantz pertain to her career. Subjects include hiring the handicapped, employment of women and children, training of women, and personnel management in the silk industry. Material from the International Industrial Relations Association and biographical information are also included.

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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...

Odencrantz, Louise C. (Louise Christine), 1884-1969

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Odencrantz (Barnard College, B.A., 1907; Columbia University, M.A., 1908) was an investigator in industrial relations for the Russell Sage Foundation, 1908-1915; supervised the N.Y. State and the U.S. Employment Bureaus on the wartime employment of women in industry, 1915-1919; and was personnel director for a N.Y.C. silk ribbon company, 1919-1924. In 1922 she helped organize the International Industrial Relations Association and attended its congresses as U.S. delegate in 1922, 1925, and 1928. ...

International Industrial Relations Association.

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