Brigid O'Farrell interviews and research materials for book Rocking the Boat, 1930-2001 (bulk 1992-1998)

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Brigid O'Farrell interviews and research materials for book Rocking the Boat, 1930-2001 (bulk 1992-1998)

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Transcripts of interviews and research material accumulated in preparation for the book, Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975. Transcripts include interviews with Dorothy Haener, Maida Springer-Kemp, Carmen Lucia, Ah Quon McElrath, and Esther Peterson.

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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 ...

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...

Lucia, Carmen, 1902-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Carmen Lucia, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321607 ...

McElrath, Ah Quon, 1915-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Ah Quon McElrath, 1976. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321601 ...

Haener, Dorothy, 1917-

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Trade-unionist. From the description of Oral history interview with Dorothy Haener, 1978. (Wayne State University, Archives of Labor & Urban). WorldCat record id: 32321592 ...

O'Farrell, Brigid.

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Brigid O'Farrell and Joyce L. Kornbluh are labor historians and editors of Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975, published in 1996. From the description of O'Farrell and Kornbluh papers, 1889-1996. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122576156 ...