Papers, 1923-1951 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1923-1951 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence; notes and manuscripts of political speeches and of articles on the employment of married women and the Inter-American Commission of Women; reports of the International Labor Organization Conference of American States held in Havana in 1939; drafts of "Woman at Work," an autobiography of Mary Anderson as told to Winslow; and correspondence concerning publication of the autobiography. Correspondents include Edith Abbott, Mary Dewson, Mary Dingman, Lillian Gilbreth, Agnes O'Connor, Alice T. Post, Margaret Dreier Robins, and Harriet Taylor Upton.

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

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

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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.” ...

Dewson, Mary (Molly) Williams, 1874-1962

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From the guide to the Papers, 1893-1962, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute) Mary ("Molly") Williams Dewson (February 18, 1874 - October 21, 1962) was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, to Edward Henry Dewson and Elizabeth Weld (Williams) Dewson. After earning her A.B. degree from Wellesley College (1897), Dewson was hired as secretary of the Domestic Reform Committee of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in Boston. She left this position in 1900 ...

Anderson, Mary, 1872-1964

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Anderson, Director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor for 25 years, had emigrated from Sweden at 16. She worked for 18 years as a machine operator in shoe factories, was active in the Boot and Shoe Workers Union, and organized women workers for the National Women's Trade Union League before her appointment as assistant director of the Women in Industry Service in 1918. Anderson became director in 1919 and remained in that position (the Women in Industry Service became the Wome...

Dingman, Mary Agnes, 1875-1961.

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Dingman was chairman of the Women's International Organisations peace and disarmament committee (1931-1939), and traveled abroad lecturing for the World YWCA (1920-1935). From the description of Papers, 1917-1957 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006574 ...

Post, Alice Thatcher, 1853-1947.

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O'Connor, Agnes, 1890-1968

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Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972

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Frank Bunker Gilbreth had no formal education beyond high school but he rose from bricklayer, to building contractor, to management engineer in a few short years. He and his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth collaborated to develop ways to increase output of workers in manufacturing and clerical positions, as pioneers in the field of industrial engineering. They often used their large family as guinea pigs for their experiments, which are lovingly detailed in the 1948 book “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Pur...

Abbott, Edith, 1876-1957

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Edith Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1876, daughter of the state's first Lieutenant Governor, Othman A. Abbott. She received her A.B. from the University of Nebraska in 1901, her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1905, and spent the year 1906-1907 in post-graduate study at the University of London. Upon her return to Chicago in 1908, she became a resident of Hull House, where she remained until 1920. During this same period, 1908-1920, she served as Associate Director of the ...

Inter-American Commission of Women

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In 1928, the Inter-American Commission of Women (IACW) was established to study the civil and political status of women in the Americas. Don Stevens was appointed first chairman of the Commission of 21 members, one from each country in North, Central, and South America. From the guide to the Inter-American Commission of Women Records MS 312., 1928-1976, (Sophia Smith Collection) From the description of Records, 1928-1976. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 50118946 ...

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...