[Oral history interview] [sound recording]. [unknown]

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[Oral history interview] [sound recording]. [unknown]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232008966

An interview with Mary Anderson by Esther Peterson, in Peterson's office at the Labor Department. Interview spans Anderson's work history from the time she emigrated to the U.S. in 1888 and worked as a dishwasher and domestic helper to her first factory jobs, her work for the Women's Trade Union League, and her appointment as director of the Women's Bureau.

1 sound tape reel (67 min.) : analog, 3-3/4 ips ; 7 in.

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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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...

Women's trade union league of America

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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 ...

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...