Audiotape collection of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.) [sound recording]. 1986-2000.

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

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The Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Massachusetts), a non-profit social and educational agency, was founded in 1877 by Dr. Harriet Clisby, and incorporated in 1880, "to increase fellowship among women and to promote the best practical methods for securing their educational, industrial and social advancement." In order to accomplish this mission, the organization was arranged in committees or departments which throughout its hist...

Ehrenreich, Barbara

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Journalist, writer, and social critic, Barbara Ehrenreich was born in 1941 in Butte, Montana, the daughter of Isabelle (Oxley) and Ben Howes Alexander. Her father worked in the copper mines and her mother, a homemaker, was active in the Democratic Party. A graduate of Reed College (B.A. 1963, chemistry and physics) and Rockefeller University (Ph.D. 1968, cell biology), Ehrenreich became involved in the anti-war movement and a member of other progressive causes including low-income h...

Brudney, Juliet F.

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Balser, Diane

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Lafata, Lorraine

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Pearce, Diana,

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