Papers, 1954-1984.

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Papers, 1954-1984.

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The N. Beatrice Worthy papers consist of correspondence, employment applications, writings, and printed material regarding her professional activities between 1954 and 1977, with the National Industrial Conference Board, the Commerce and Industrial Association of New York, Bell Laboratories, and AT & T. Worthy's M.A. thesis, Contributions of Women to the Management of American Industry, is also included. The papers' arrangement corresponds to and is coded to an oral history interview conducted in 1983-84, in which she describes her experiences as an African American professional woman in the 1950s to 70s.

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Bell Telephone Laboratories, inc.

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National industrial conference board

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The National Industrial Conference Board was established in 1916 by eleven of the United States' major trade associations. The employer representatives attending the NICB's founding convention were seeking to formulate a collective response to the industrial unrest of the World War I era. In its original statement of purpose the NICB claimed that it intended to work to maintain "harmonious relationships between employer and employees and between both labor and government." Even thou...

AT & T

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Worthy, N. Beatrice, 1913-

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N. Beatrice Worthy was born in 1913 in Charlotte, North Carolina. After graduating from high school in Jersey City, NJ in 1933, she took a part time clerical position with a local youth program and began piano study. In 1935 she became secretary to the director of an adult education program for the Works Progress Administration, Negro Division. Between 1942 and 1954 Worthy worked with the Department of Defense in the New York Quartermaster Purchasing Department. She received a BS in 1948 and an ...