Lillian Herstein papers 1909-1971.

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Lillian Herstein papers 1909-1971.

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Correspondence, copies of newspapers and clippings, pamphlets, transcripts of speeches, notes, photographs, and other papers of Lillian Herstein (1886-1983), a Jewish teacher and labor leader from Chicago. Included are articles written by Herstein. Materials relate to women's labor movements, workers' education, and Jewish labor. Herstein worked with the Chicago Teacher's Union, Women's Trade Union League, and the Jewish Labor Committee on educational programs and union integration.

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Jewish Labor Committee (Chicago, Ill.)

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Herstein, Lillian, 1886-1983.

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Women's Trade Union League

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The Women's Trade Union League was established by Mrs Patterson in 1874. By the 1890s ten London Unions, and over thirty provincial unions were affiliated from Bookbinding, Shirt and Collar Making, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Milinery, Cigar Making Match and Matchbox Making, Ropemaking, Weaving, Laundry, Boot and Shoe Making, Silk Working, Upholstery, Lace Making, Pottery, Paper Making and Shop Working. The League was absorbed into the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1921. From the gui...

Chicago Teachers Union

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Formed in 1897 as The Chicago Federation of Teachers. Later called the Archdiocesan Teachers Federation Local 1700 of the AFT. The local was comprised of grade and high school teachers in the Archdiocese of Chicago. From the description of American Federation of Teachers Local 1700 records, 1962-1977, (bulk 1967-1975). (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321264 ...