Ruth Backes Papers, 1864-2001 (1934-2001).

United States. Department of Labor

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The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. Many U.S. states also have such departments. The Department of Labor is headed by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. The purpose of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote, and develop the well being of the wage earners, job seekers,...

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...

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–...

Perkins family.

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Poole, Peter A.

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Strassberg, Richard

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Coggeshall, Susanna W. (Susanna Wilson), 1916-2003.

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Lubin, Carol Riegelman

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Carol Riegelman Lubin was a consultant for a number of social welfare organizations concerned with women, children, housing, and unemployment. She represented the International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres at the United Nations, and served on the professional staff of the International Labour Organisation in a variety of positions from 1935 to 1952. From the description of Papers, 1930-1981 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122561970 ...

Coggeshall, Tomlin, 1954-

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Lash, Trude W.

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Cook, Alice Hanson

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Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations. Alice Hanson Cook is a professor in the New York State School of Industrial and Labor relations at Cornell University. She served as an alternate delegate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and later as university ombudsman. From the description of Alice Cook papers, 1962-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072869 ...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Neufeld, Maurice F.

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Labor historian, labor arbitrator, labor relations consultant to the Xerox Corporation, and professor, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University. From the description of Maurice F. Neufeld papers, 1910-1987, 1940-1980 (bulk). (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64092261 Maurice F. Neufeld is a Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. From the description of Maurice F. Neufeld papers, [ca.19...

Backes, Ruth, 1918-

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Ruth Backes, a consultant, professor and psychologist, was born in Mount Vernon, New York on August 25, 1918 to Harriett Crofut Emerson and Robert Stewart Emerson. She graduated from New Rochelle High School (1935) and New York University (1939). She later earned a M.Ed. (1978) and Ed.D. (1985) from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Massachusetts. She married Frederick Tregonning Backes and had three children. Backes worked in the fields of mental health, human services and education, ...

Bloom, Allan David, 1930-1992

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