ILGWU Communications Department Biography Files,

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Title

ILGWU Communications Department Biography Files,

Resource Link

https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05780-177.html

Abstract

Biographical files on union members, union officers, and political and public figures.

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2 linear feet.

Languages

eng, Latn

Holding Repository

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7908067

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Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993

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Thurgood Marshall (b. July 2, 1908, Baltimore, Maryland – d. January 24, 1993, Washington, D.C.) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. Before becoming a judge, Marshall was a lawyer who was best known for his high success rate in arguing before the Supreme Court and for the victory in Brown v. Board of Education, a 1954 decision that ruled t...

Gunnel, Jennifer.

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Goldberg, Sol, 1923-

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Gross, Murray

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Fontaine, Robert, 1929-

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Friedman, Joseph

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Finnegan, Jahn.

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Glassman, Albert I.

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Gingold, David.

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Follman, Benjamin D.

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Dubrow, Evelyn, 1911-2006

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Evelyn Dubrow, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321596 Evelyn Dubrow was born in Passaic, New Jersey, in 1911. A graduate of New York University, Dubrow worked as a report for The Morning Call (Patterson, N.J.) and Secretary of the New Jersey organization of the American Newspaper Guild from 1943 to 1946, before becoming Educational Director for the Textile...

Feffer, George.

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Gerstein, Sidney.

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Giardina, Salvatore

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Elias, Abe.

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Finnegan, Carmen Ortiz.

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Daniels, Wilbur, 1923-

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The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded in New York City in 1900 by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the growing women's garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the “new unionism,” the ILGWU led two of the most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Tw...

Falikman, Moe.

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Flack, Sol.

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Good, Sidney.

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Guralnik, Julius.

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Eisenstat, Rebecca.

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Giordano, Angelo.

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Dolgen, Abe.

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Diamond, Moe.

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Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926

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Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. Early in his political career, Debs...

Ginsenberg, Bernard.

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DiPeri, Leo.

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Fradkin, Louise G., 1927-

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Goldberg, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1908-1990

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Arthur Joseph Goldberg (August 8, 1908 – January 19, 1990) was an American statesman and jurist who served as the 9th U.S. Secretary of Labor, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Goldberg graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law in 1930. He became a prominent labor attorney and helped arrange the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Indus...

Fiaccabrino, Frank.

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Fine, Samuel H.

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Finesilver, Abraham.

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Grackin, Max.

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Cruz, Felicita.

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Fuller, Mabel, 1905-

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Goodman, Philip, 1885-1940

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Curtis, John W.

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Finkel, Mayer.

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Frommer, Roger.

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Extract, Morris.

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Danish, Max D.

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Max Danish was the editor of the Ladies' Garment Worker, the official organ of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union from 1910 to 1919, then that organ's successor, Justice, from 1919 until his retirement in 1951. He was a graduate of the New York University Law School and author of The World of David Dubinsky. He died on January 11, 1964 at the age of 77. From the description of Max D. Danish, Collected documents, 1946-1964. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record i...

Gonzalez, Manuel, 1925-

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Cruz, Aida L.

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Haas, Jacob Johan de

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Fogel, Joshua A., 1950-....

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Ellis, Lewis B.

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Gold, Saul R.

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Greene, Sol.

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Goodman, David, 1902-

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Finkelstein, Michael L.

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Dreisbach, Kenneth.

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Davis, William E., 1898-

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Del Gado, Ricardo.

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Daoust, Cecile.

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Goolst, Joel E.

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Feldman, Ben, 1980-

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Dubow, Joseph L.

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Dobren, Morris.

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Gross, Stanley J.

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Ferguson, Ewell A.

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Finletter, Thomas K. (Thomas Knight), 1893-1980

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Politician, government official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas K. Finletter : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569659 Thomas K. Finletter (1893-1980) was the Secretary of the Air Force from 1950 to 1953. From the description of Finletter, Thomas Knight, 1893-1980 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581168 Government official and lawyer;...

DiBiase, Dante.

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Gladnick, Robert.

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Gibbons, Harold J., 1910-

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Fishgold, Nathan.

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Depin, Clifford W.

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Doyle, Vera J.

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Davis, Charles Hall, 1872-

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Lawyer. From the description of A partial list of printed pamphlets, other printed papers and unpublishedmanuscripts [manuscript] / by Charles Hall Davis of the Virginia Bar; 1946 July 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648004276 From the description of Charles Hall Davis papers [manuscript] 1906-52. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943035 ...

Dato, Frank.

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Goldsand, Jennie Silverman.

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Germer, Adolph

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Organizer for the United Mine Workers and later, the CIO. From the description of Oral history interview with Adolph Germer, 1960. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321347 Mr. Germer was born in Welan, Germany In 1881 and came to the United States in 1888. His father was a miner, and Adolph went to work in the coal mines of Staunton, Illinois, when he was eleven years old. He joined the United Mine Workers of America ...

Fisher, Joseph, 1933-

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Goldberg, Jacob, approximately 1851-

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Galin, Lawrence.

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Faraci, Sebastiano.

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Eisenberg, Samuel.

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Einhorn, Samuel.

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Fruchter, Henry.

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Ferreira, Hedy.

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DeYoung, Walter.

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Grossman, Gerald.

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Eshkol, Leṿi 1895-1969

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Gonzales, Sophie.

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Goze, Irving.

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Dordick, Harry, 1889-

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Gerstel, Karin.

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Denaro, John.

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Giaccone, Kitty Molinelli.

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Edelman, Jacob Hendrik

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Hafter, Harvey.

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Horowitz, Max

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Winick, Samuel.

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Rumelt, Richard P

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Schwartz, S. Sam.

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Saslaw, Leon.

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Kraus, Benjamin

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Schachtman, Max

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Rufer, Harry.

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Kahn, Laurie.

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Moore, Jackson.

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Ross, William, 1899-

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Stenzor, Isidor.

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Isidor Stenzor was manager of the Los Angeles Cloak Joint Board. From the description of Isidor Stenzor, Collection. Collected documents, 1922-1977. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 122682110 ...

Jackson, Allan Stuart, 1934-

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Allan Jackson (1915-1976) worked as a journalist with the CBS Radio Network from 1943-1975. From the description of Papers, 1948-1975. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 29683816 ...

Jennings, Paul J.

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Ozzi, Silvestro.

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Perlstein, Meyer, 1884-1958

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Torres, Emiliano

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Lopey, Gloria Maria.

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Nagler, Isidore, 1895-

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Local 10 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), also known as the Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union, was based in New York, New York. Isidore Nagler was Manager of the Amalgamated Ladies' Garment Cutters' Union, Local 10 of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union from 1939 to 1952. From the description of ILGWU. Local 10. Manager's correspondence, 1938-1948. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63906310 Local 10 of the Int...

Ruttenberg, Stanley H., 1917-....

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Morton, Mina.

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Shapiro, Harry, 1897-1971

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Shapiro was Frank Stimson's friend, and one of the group that arranged for Donald Marshall to join Stimson in Tahiti. From the description of Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1940-1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 184925006 ...

Stiebel, Don.

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Kovler, Morris.

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Longo, Frank

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Zeldin, Samuel D.

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Lerinson, Louis.

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Wall, Cornelius, 1893-

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Milletari, Frank P.

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Primack, Meyer.

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Mendelsund, Henoch

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Henoch Mendelsund (1911-1994) was a longtime member and officer of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). He served as secretary of the Cloak Finishers local 9, general manager of the Cloak Joint Board, director of the International Relations Department, and head of the ILGWU Archives. Mendelsund arrived in the United States from Poland in 1941, and worked on the Coat and Suit Recovery Board during World War II. He retired from the ILGWU in 1976. From the descripti...

Scott, Delroy.

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Krawetz, Meyer.

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Jodoin, Claude

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Lambert, George Edmund

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Jarrow, Evelyn.

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Zimmerman, Charles S., 1896-1983

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Charles S. Zimmerman (1896-1983) was a labor leader and political activist. Zimmerman was born in Russia in 1896 and emigrated to the U.S. in 1913. He worked in the New York garment industry and joined the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) Local 22. Shortly thereafter, he became its secretary-manager. He was also an organizer for the Joint Board of the Dress and Waistmaker Union. Zimmerman joined the Socialist Party in 1917. Throughout the 1920s, Zimmerman was an active member ...

Romney, Edgar.

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Wollman, Yetta.

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Thomas Norman Mattoon, 1884-1968

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Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884-1968), was a leading American socialist, pacifist, author, and six-time presidential candidate on the Socialist Party of America ticket, between 1928 and 1948. Born in Marion, Ohio, he was a graduate of Princeton University, attended Union Theological Seminary, where he became a socialist, and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1911. Thomas opposed the United States' entry into the First World War, a position that earned him the disapproval of many in his soci...

Nussbaum, Frank.

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Moser, Benjamin, 1906-

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Heisler, Kalman, 1899-1966

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Straussman, Abe.

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Lang, H. b. 1888.

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Morris, Joe, 1948-

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Prastien, Henry.

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Starr, Mark, 1894-1985

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Mark Starr (27 April 1894, Shoscombe – 24 April 1985, New York City) was a British American labor historian and pedagogue. For 25 years he was educational director of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Born in Shoscombe, Somerset he was the son of a staunch Free Methodist coal miner. From 1899 to 1907 he attended St Julian's National School. At age thirteen he began work in the mines, later migrating to South Wales. He joined the Miners' Federation of Great Britain and the Indepe...

Lloyd, Thomas Jack.

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Shatnoff, Mac.

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Sisko, Frank Edward.

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Sanders, Walter J.

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Reisch, Sadie.

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Sontz, James.

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Ratchick, Ben.

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Roshco, Abraham.

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Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969

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John L. Lewis was born in Lucas, Iowa in 1880. From 1917 until his death in 1969 he served the United Mine Workers of America, acting as its president from 1920 to 1960. Lewis led in the establishment of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and served as CIO president until his resignation from that post in 1940. From the description of Papers, 1879-1969. [microform] (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64091529 From its founding in 1935 until 1942, the hist...

Labby, Manly A.

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Shapiro, Fanny.

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Schwartz, Sam, 1910-

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Minton, Lee W.

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Solzhenitsyin, Aleksandr.

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Weiner, Max, 1893-

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Snyder, Carrie L.

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Noto, Salvatore

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Kirkland, Lane.

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Robbins, Dan, 1910-

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Kaplan, Milton, 1913-

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Wirtz, Willard, 1912-2010

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Government executive. From the description of Reminiscences of William Willard Wirtz : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122343066 ...

Mahoney, James J. (James Jeremiah), 1917-1998

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Vargas, Ed.

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Hollander, Louis, 1893-

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Labor leader. From the description of Reminiscences of Louis Hollander : lecture, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574524 ...

Liebgott, Joe.

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Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Kimmel, Elizabeth, 1979. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321609 ...

Menist, Joel.

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Nash, Edward, 1918-

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Strongin, Herman.

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Sanchez, Alberto R.

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Nutter, Steven.

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Ramsorm, Edith.

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Leblanc, Cecile, 1908-

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Reiff, Louis.

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Pastel, Edward.

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O'Toole, Virginia I.

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Horowitz, Joseph, 1918-

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Rather, Ann Marie.

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Stein, Leon, 1912-1990

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Leon Stein (1912 in Baltimore, Maryland – February 13, 1990 in Delray Beach, Florida) was an American writer and longtime editor of Justice, the official newspaper of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Born in Baltimore, Leon Stein moved from New York City as a child and made his home there. By the time he was graduated from the City College of New York in 1934, he had worked in a laundry, for the subway, as a waiter in a Catskill resort and as a ladies' garmen...

Sole, Tom.

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Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1877-1953

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Alumnus of City College, Class of 1898. From the description of Papers, 1926-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155504196 ...

Leberstien, Abe.

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Siemiller, Paul LeRoy.

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Kolker, Murray.

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Mazur, Jay

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The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded in New York City in 1900 by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the growing women’s garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the “new unionism,” the ILGWU led two of the most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Tw...

Ramirez, Julius.

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Mankoff, Walter.

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Lander, Simon.

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Schwartz, Max

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Jewish Romanian immigrant who came to the U.S. in 1901. Trained as a cigar maker in Minneapolis. Bought a homestead in North Dakota in 1907. Married Bessie Halpern in 1908. After moving to Dickinson, they later moved to Belfield, N.D. to manage a general store. He formed a partnership with Louis Tobias in the Pioneer Cigar Company in 1908. They moved back to Minneapolis in 1924, started a clothing store there. Sold the Belfield business interests in the 1960s. From the description of...

Thompson, Russell R.

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Randolph, A. Philip, 1889-1979

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Asa Philip Randolph (born April 15, 1889, Cresent City, Florida-died May 16, 1979, New York City), African-American labor leader and early civil rights spokesman. Influenced by the socialism of Eugene Debs, Randolph began publishing his magazine The Messenger in 1917. He opposed U.S. entry into the first World War. In 1925 he organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. His associations with Bayard Rustin and James Farmer influenced his dedication to nonviolence. Randolph was a founder of ...

McLevy, Jasper, 1878-1962

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Saragat, Giuseppe

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Hill, Herbert, 1924-2004

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Educator, civil rights activist, and labor administrator. From the description of Papers of Herbert Hill. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132913 ...

Oberbeck, Rita.

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Haskel, Harry

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Nemaizer, Samuel.

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Poirier, Gerard, 1913-

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Wade, Mildred, 1913-

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Kaufman, Howard, 1929-

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Hughes, Ruby

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Rose, Alex, 1898-

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Minkoff, Nathaniel M.

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Matyas, Jennie, 1895-

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Pesotta, Rose, 1896-

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Rose Pesotta (1896-1965) was a labor union official. From the description of Rose Pesotta papers, 1922-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517425 From the guide to the Rose Pesotta papers, 1922-1965, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) 1896 Born in Derazhnya, Russia, November 20 1909 ...

Jaffe, Reuben.

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Paris, George, 1900-

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Tankenson, Abe.

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Panetta, Rinaldo, 1932-

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Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994

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Dean Rusk (1909-1994), U.S. Secretary of State, born in Cherokee County, Georgia. From the description of University of Georgia faculty papers, 1952, 1971-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477809 Dean Rusk was born in Cherokee County, Ga., on February 9, 1909. He attended Davidson College, graduating in 1931 as a Rhodes Scholar. He then attended St. John's College, Oxford. In 1946 he became assistant chief of the Division of International Security Affairs of the U.S. De...

Rotell, Joseph.

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Milstein, Hyman.

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Jacobson, Morris K.

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Tyler, Gus.

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Gus Tyler, author, commentator, educator, political leader, and official, International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). Gus Tyler was born in New York in 1911. He attended New York University on a scholarship in the early 1930s, where he became involved in left-wing political activities. After graduating in 1933, Tyler briefly worked as a writer for the Jewish Daily Forward. His sharp intellect and socialist politics caught the attention of ILGWU president David Dubinsky, who hired Tyler...

Woodcock, Leonard

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Executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Leonard Woodcock : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122574194 Labor leader. From the description of Oral history interview with Leonard Woodcock, 1963. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321454 ...

Hertzman, Isaac.

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Krick, Esther.

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Perlstein, Gerald.

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Shindler, Richard, 1935-

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Machen, Rosario.

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Oviedo, Joe.

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Liberman, Sam

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Paladino, Morris.

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Potofsky, Jacob S. (Jacob Samuel), 1894-1979

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Union official. From the description of Reminiscences of Jacob Samuel Potofsky : oral history, 1964. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309722949 Jacob Potofsky, garment worker, labor organizer and leader, Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Jacob Potofsky was born in Radomisl, Ukraine, in 1894. He emigrated to the United States in 1905 and began working in a Chicago men's clothing factory in 1908. He became activ...

Hoffman, Anna Rosenberg, 1902-1983

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An expert on labor mediation and welfare services, Hoffman, a Hungarian immigrant, founded her own consulting firm in 1924 and became an advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, N.Y. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, and N.Y. Governor Herbert Lehman. She served as regional director for the National Recovery Administration (1935) and the Social Security Board (1936-1943) during the New Deal; on the Retraining and Reemployment Administration (1941-1945), War Manpower Commission (1942-1945), and Off...

Lane, Mark, 1927-....

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Saladino, Sam, 1907-

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Pratt, Eloise.

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Sanfilippo, Dominick Richard.

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Rubinstein, Seymour.

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Spritzer, Edward.

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Kazan, Abraham E.

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Tischler, Charles.

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Shore, Ray.

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Kohlhoff, Walter Charles.

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Williams, Harrison A.

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Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (1919-2001) represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1959 until 1982. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1953 through 1956. A member of the Democratic Party, Williams held leadership positions on the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, the Special Committee on Aging, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Small Business, among others. From the description of Harrison A. Williams, Jr., pape...

Milano, Edward.

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Strongin, Paul.

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Sandler, Nathan.

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Silverstein, Meyer Rubin.

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Schoenwald, Matthew.

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Schneider, Abraham Josef, 1913-2000

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Saslaw, Bernard.

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Margolius, Sidney, 1912-1980

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Schuster, Mary Goff.

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Mary Goff Schuster was born in Russia on October 16, 1898, and arrived in New York City in 1905. Having joined Local 62, also known as the Underwear and White Goods Workers' Union, in 1913, Schuster served as a member of the Executive Board, Business Agent, Educational Director, and Organizer. Schuster was also a member of the Young People's Socialist League, Socialist Party, Women's Trade Union League, and the Liberal Party, among other political organizations. From the description ...

Melamed, Jerome.

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Rosenberg, Edward, 1943-

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Ostroff, Harold.

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Ulene, John.

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Theus, Theodore.

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Shane, Bernard.

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Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Nadash, Peter.

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Weiss, William, 1914-

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Schneider, Edward F. (Edward Faber), 1872-1950

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Obituary appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Sunday, July 2, 1950, p. 14a. Edward Faber Schneider, 77, Dean of Music at Mills College for 30 years, (sic) and world famous composer of tone poems, died yesterday [i.e., Saturday, July 1, 1950] in a Santa Clara County rest home. Noted as a pianist and as a teacher of piano, Mr. Schneider has been in ailing health. He was active as teacher, however, until recent years. ...

Holton, Bernice.

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Noren, Albert.

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Paul, Sonia

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Vetro, Joseph.

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Rudin, Abraham.

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Hoffman, Ann, 1942-

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Miller, Chaim

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Spindler, Joseph J.

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Lee, William, 1942-

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Peyton, Jasper E.

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Leonard, Arlene A.

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Sciuto, Anthony.

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Schnitzler, William Frank, 1904-

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Siems, Frederick Rolle, 1915-

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Karesky, Leo.

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Sosa, Peter G.

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Riccardi, John.

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Teper, Lazare, 1908-

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The Research Department of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) supported the administrative operations of the Union. The Research Department was organized to coordinate the ILGWU's investigative operations. It provided Union leaders with information on wages, working conditions, economic conditions, and other matters in the women's garment industry. The Department also collected and housed documents from Union administrative staff that were deemed substantive and of lasting ...

Kraisman, Sam.

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Peirce, Frank W.

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Sharp, Edwin R.

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Kramer, Philip, 1897-

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Wehner, Herbert.

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Wehner, Herbert (-1990) From the description of Archives 1946 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123380164 ...

Hernandez, Aileen C.

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Civil rights, union and women's rights activist Aileen Clarke Hernandez was born Aileen Clarke on May 23, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York. Her Jamaican-born parents, theatrical seamstress Ethel Louise Hall Clarke and Garveyite brushmaker Charles Henry Clarke, named their daughter for Aileen Pringle, a film actress. Hernandez, who grew up in the ethnically-mixed Bay Ridge neighborhood of New York City, attended elementary school at P.S. 176 and graduated in 1943 as school newspaper editor, vice presi...

Meakins, Al.

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Hege, Robert.

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Raskin, A. H. 1911-

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Schettini, Fabio.

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Scott, Harry Fletcher, 1869-1941

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Stulberg, Louis, 1901-1977

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Kemp, Maida Springer, 1910-2005

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Maida Springer Kemp (1910 – 2005) was an American labor organizer who worked extensively in the garment industry for a lot of labor standards at the time for men and women in America through the Local Union 22. She was also known for her extensive work in Africa for the AFL–CIO. Nicknamed "Mama Maida", she advised fledgling labor unions, set up education and training programs, and liaised between American and African labor leaders. In 1945, traveling to England on a labor-exchange trip, as well ...

Hayman, Barry L.

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Slott, Bernard N.

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Namenwirth, Norman.

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Powers, Bertram A.

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Kreindler, Charles, 1890-1969

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Levitt, Herbert, 1929-

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Jackson, Mattie J., 1922?-

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Keyserling, Leon H. (Leon Hirsch), 1908-1987

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Leon Hirsch Keyserling was born on January 22, 1908 in Charleston, South Carolina. He received his A.B. degree from Columbia University in 1928 and in 1931 he received his LL.B. from Harvard University. From 1931 to 1933 he was a graduate student in the Department of Economics at Columbia University. In 1933 he began work as an attorney for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. From 1933 to 1946 he was a consultant economist to Senate committees on issues relating to banking and currency, ...

Malamas, Maroelle.

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Schukin, David.

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Montenegro, Lou.

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Leventhal, Manny.

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Rubin, George.

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Janis, Sam.

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Lippman, Mildred.

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Lipp, Hani.

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Schoenholtz, Isidore.

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Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963

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Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 – December 5, 1963) was an American investment banker and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served from 1933 until 1942 as the 45th Governor of New York and as U.S. Senator from New York between 1949 and 1957. Born in Manhattan, he attended The Sachs School and Sachs Collegiate Institute before earning a B.A. from Williams College. After graduating, Lehman worked in textile manufacturing, eventually becoming vice-president and treasu...

Kamel, Julia.

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Moretti, John, 1903-

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Milman, Leon.

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Maisonet, Emilia Rodriguez.

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Windman, Nat.

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Title, Aviezer L.

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Schwartz, Leonhard

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Pantano, Frank.

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Murray, Pauli, 1910-1985

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Pauli Murray (1910-1985) was a lawyer, scholar, writer, educator, administrator, religious leader, civil rights and women's rights activist. She was a co-founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the first black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal minister. She spent much of her life in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. From the description of Proud shoes : the story of an American family : typescript, 1956 / by Pauli Murray. (New York Public Library)....

Schwartz, William, 1912-

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Nesbit, Eddie.

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Solomon, Irwin, 1926-

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Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983

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Jackson's tenure in the House was briefly interrupted by service in the U.S. Army. He enlisted in 1943, but was recalled by President Roosevelt to congressional service after basic training. Jackson was assigned to the Government Operations Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, a position which quickly put him at the center of the un-American activities controversies and in the national spotlight. He won recognition ...

Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978

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Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Born in Wallace, South Dakota, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. At one point he helped run his ...

McWhorter, Grace.

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Perkins, Frances, 1880-1965

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Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition. She and Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes were the only original members of the Rooseve...

Melchlowicz, Israel.

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Pokodner, Herbert.

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Newman, Pauline, 1887-1986

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Pauline Newman, labor organizer, Director of Health Education at the Union Health Center of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU), and member of the National and New York Women's Trade Union League (N/NYWTUL), was born in Popelan, Kuvna, Lithuania, in about 1890, the youngest of Meyer and Theresa Newman's two sons and four daughters. Meyer Newman sold fruit and taught Talmud to the well-to-do sons of the village. Following his death, Theresa Newman and her three yo...

Pogran, Nathan.

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Zuckerman, Rubin.

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Hinz, Edward, 1924-

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Oitzer, Harry Louis.

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Morse, David A. (David Abner), 1907-

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Lawyer. From the description of Reminiscences of David A. Morse : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741791 From the description of Reminescences of David A. Morse : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309741775 ...

Siegel, Sam, 1892-

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Levin, Douglas Ross

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Pynkala, Blaine.

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Orsini, Raymond.

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Zionsky, Bernard.

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Rino, Iris.

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Pishko, George.

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Labelle, J. Alfred.

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Wells, David I., 1927-

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Lecturer and writer on matters of apportionment. From the description of David I. Wells papers, 1964-1980. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64083464 From the guide to the David I. Wells papers, 1964-1980., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

Hiliman, Sidney.

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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...

Lovestone, Jay

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General secretary, Communist Party, U.S.A., 1927-1929, and Communist Party (Opposition), 1929-1940; executive secretary, Free Trade Union Committee, American Federation of Labor, 1944-1955; assistant director and director, International Affairs Department, American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1955-1974. From the description of Jay Lovestone papers, 1904-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870674 Biographical Note...

Mossalley, George.

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Robbins, Lawrence H.

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Molisani, E. Howard.

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Rosenberg, Abraham.

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"Permanent deposit" From the description of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Abraham Rosenberg, Memoirs of a Cloak Maker, 1883-1910. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64058974 ...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Lau, Susan.

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Van Arsdale, Harry, 1905-1986

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Matheson, Min Lurye.

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Nesselroth, Saul.

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Herfusik, Rebecca.

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Laufman, Barbara.

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Hinton, Bernice McGehee.

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Hlavacek, Otto T.

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Russo, Philip.

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Lipnack, Sol.

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Sohmer, Harry.

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Meany, George, 1894-1980

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Labor official; interviewee d.1980. From the description of Reminiscences of George Meany : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122587289 President, AFL-CIO, 1955-1980. George Meany (1894-1980) was elected president of the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) in 1952. His efforts to unite his organization with its rival, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), was successful, and he was ...

Johnson, Dolores, 1919-

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Klein, Murray S.

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Huber, Alex

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Meir, Golda, 1898-1978

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Meir was born in Russia, emigrated to the U.S. and came to Milwaukee in 1906 with her family. Throughout her life, she was a dedicated Zionist. In Feb. 1969 she became Israel's fourth Prime Minister, at the age of 71. From the description of Papers, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014315 ...

Songer, Margaret.

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Winslow, Paul, 1935-

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Morales, José Ramón, 1924-

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Wilkins, Rosa D.

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Manel, Maurice.

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Pereira, Frank M.

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Taft, Philip, 1902-1976

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Labor historian, economist, and professor of economics at Brown University; d. 1979. From the description of Papers, 1960-1972. (Wayne State University). WorldCat record id: 28417257 Philip Taft, Professor of Economics at Brown University, was a leading historian on the American labor movement. He died in 1976. From the description of Articles, 1939-1976. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 22940204 Labor historian. From t...

Trinchi, Mike.

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Lemlich, Clara, 1886-1982

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Clara Lemlich Shavelson (March 28, 1886 – July 25, 1982) was a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, the massive strike of shirtwaist workers in New York's garment industry in 1909. Later blacklisted from the industry for her labor union work, she became a member of the Communist Party USA and a consumer activist in Brooklyn, New York. Born in the Ukraine to a Jewish family, she migrated to the U.S. in 2003. She became a garment worker, was elected to the executive board of Local 25 of the ILGWU (In...

Mollet, Guy, 1905-1975

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Schwartz, Harold I.

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Hoffman, Solomon, 1769-1830

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Vanterpool, Leona.

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Magerman, Abie.

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Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 1927-2003

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan, also Pat Moynihan, (born March 16, 1927, Tulsa, Oklahoma – died March 26, 2003, Washington, D.C.), American politician, sociologist, and diplomat. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented New York in the United States Senate and served as an adviser to Republican U.S. President Richard Nixon. Moynihan moved at a young age to New York City. Following a stint in the navy, he earned a Ph.D. in history from Tufts University. He worked on the staff of New York Gove...

Longo, Sam.

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Rother, Frank

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Horensen, Belle.

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Lippman, Winnie.

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Parente, Enrico.

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Torriani, Albert.

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Norris, George William, 1861-1944

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U.S. representative and senator from Nebraska. From the description of Papers of George W. Norris, 1884-1944 (bulk 1893-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81101513 ...

Triestman, George.

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Rubien, Gerel

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Hochman, Julius, 1892-1970

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Clinton, Bill, 1946-

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International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Communications Dept.

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The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union was founded in New York City in 1900 by mostly Socialist immigrant workers who sought to unite the various crafts in the growing women’s garment industry. The union soon reflected changes in the sector and rapidly organized thousands of unskilled and semi-skilled women, mostly Jewish and Italian young immigrants. Exemplifying the “new unionism,” the ILGWU led two of the most widespread and best-known industrial strikes of the early Tw...

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

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The ILGWU Archives were established in 1973 and transferred to the Kheel Center in 1987. From the description of ILGWU. Charles Zimmerman Collection of Radical Pamphlets, 1898-1978. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 748341343 The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, the most significant union representing workers in the men's clothing industry, was founded in New York City in 1914 as a breakaway movement from the United Garment Workers. Radic...

Chaikin, Sol C.

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President of the International Ladies Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU). From the description of Tape, 1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155501032 1918 Born, New York City, January 9th 1934 Graduated Townsend Harris Hall High School 1940 LL.B Degree, Brooklyn Law School Married Rosalind Bryon Organizer, ILGWU Local 178, Fall River, Massachusetts 1942 Business Agent, Local 281, Boston and Lowell, Massachusetts 1943 U.S. Air Force 1946 Manager, Local 22&, ILGWU, Springfiel...

Antonini, Luigi, 1883-1968

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Luigi Antonini (1883-1968), an Italian American labor organizer, was born in Vallata Irpino, Avellino, Italy, and came to the United States in 1908. He worked in a cigar factory, a piano factory, and as a dress presser. In 1913, he joined the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, for which he became an organizer for Local 25 in 1916, and, later, for Italian Dressmakers Local 89; from 1934-1967, he was ILGWU vice-president. Antonini was founder of the Italian Chamber of Labor in 1913 and ...

Badillo, Herman, 1929-2014

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Herman Badillo (August 21, 1929 – December 3, 2014) was a trailblazing Puerto Rican politician. Initially a member of the Democratic Party, he served as borough president of The Bronx and U.S. Representative from New York's 21st and 22nd congressional districts. Badillo was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts. An unsuccessful five-time candidate for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York City, he was the first Puerto Rican mayoral candidate in a major city in the continental U...

Carreiro, Joseph

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Cafiso, Mario.

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Cooper, Harry, 1896-

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Conell, Leona.

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Borowick, Moe.

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Ciesil, Norbert.

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Altruda, Michael.

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Amorosi, Angelo.

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Cameron, Mary Cooper

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Bavaro, Virgil.

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Ahearn, Thomas

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Aguilar, Olmedo.

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Bramucci, Raymond L.

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Beirne, Joseph A., 1911-

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Labor Leader. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Anthony Beirne : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309720800 ...

Adel, B. L., 1939-

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Cowell, Susan V.

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Bridges, Harry, 1901-1990

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Harry Renton Bridges, also known as Alfred Renton Byrant Bridges, came to the United States in 1920 from Australia where he had been a seaman and involved in union activities. Bridges continued to be active on the docks in fighting for labor rights and was instrumental in getting the International Longshore Association (ILA), an affiliate of the AF of L, recognized as the bargaining unit for the entire Pacific coast. He became president of ILA Local 34-36 and in 1936 its Pacific Coast preside...

Craine, Ruth.

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Collins, James Edward.

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Anderman, Meyer.

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Allen, Meyer.

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Bickerdt, Verna M.

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Breslaw, Jerome.

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Baumrind, Simon R.

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Bresner, Si.

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Bormack, Joseph.

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Amos, James E., 1879-

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Calderone, Charles.

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Bertot, Louis.

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Bambace, Angela.

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Belzer, Hyman A.

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Bulkin, Louis.

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Byer, Samuel.

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Birch, Larry.

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Bolger, Arthur.

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Cooper, Simon, 1920-

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Adkins, Shirley King.

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Berkowitz, Morris I.

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Counts, George S. (George Sylvester), 1889-1974

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George Sylvester Counts was born on December 9, 1889. His BA from Baker University (1911) in classical studies included the study of history, philosophy, and the natural sciences. He taught for two years in two high schools in Kansas and in 1913 went to the University of Chicago (1913-1916) where he was awarded a Ph. D. magna cum laude, in education and social sciences. Thereafter, he embarked upon a teaching career that took him to various American colleges and universities including Yale Unive...

Alman, Ronald.

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Cerbone, Richard R.

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Berger, Martin, 1929-

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Angel, Henry Love 1900-1945

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001029.0x000137 ...

Altmeyer, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1891-1972

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Administrator. From the description of Reminiscences of Arthur Joseph Altmeyer : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122527063 ...

Albert, Bourgon.

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Abbate, Anthony (American architect, contemporary)

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Altholtz, Albert.

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Chapparo, Carmen.

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Allen, Hazel O.

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Calera, Marie.

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Berger, Solomon.

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Adams, Jack, 1911-

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Anderson, B. Pauline.

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Clay, Glenwood.

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Alcosser, Leon.

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Berger, Harry.

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Cohen, Bernard, 1906-....

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Cooper, Bert, 1919-

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Carey, James B. (James Bain)

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James Barron Carey (1911-1973) was the president of the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America. From the description of Autobiography, and labor union communists, 1938-1968. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36028118 Labor executive. From the description of Reminiscences of James Barron Carey : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309732165 ...