Mildred Edmondson oral history and papers, 1976.

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Mildred Edmondson oral history and papers, 1976.

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Contains a transcript and sound recording of Lucille Kendall's 1976 interviews with Mildred Edmondson and personal papers documenting Edmondson's work with the California State Employment Service and the War Manpower Commission in the 1930s and 1940s, with an emphasis on the role of women and labor unions in the war industries during World War II.

Transcript and papers: 2 folders (0.2 linear feet)Tapes: 5 sound cassettes.

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7804810

California historical society

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Edmondson, Mildred DuBose,

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As an employee of the California State Employment Service in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Mildred Edmondson conducted a survey of women employed in the war industries, compiling a trade union directory for women around 1941. Beginning in 1942, she worked for the United States War Manpower Commission as a trade union liaison, collaborating with unions to assign workers to high-priority projects and industries during World War II. From the description of Mildred Edmondson oral histo...

United States. War Manpower Commission

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History Roy Pearson was a labor representative from the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America, or IUMSWA, Local No. 9 in San Pedro, California. The IUMSWA was a labor union that represented all shipyard workers. Established in the 1930’s, the Congress of Industrial Relations, or C.I.O, was a federation that organized industrial unions, such as the IUMSWA, in the United States and Canada. The C.I.O. merged ...

California. State Employment Service

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Kendall, Lucille,

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