O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1904 February 14 - 1988 December 24
Biography
Class of 1925.
Biography
Class of 1925.
Occupations: Journalist; Social reformer; Political activist.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jessie Lloyd O'Connor papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00254
Abstract
Jessie Lloyd O'Connor was a journalist, social reformer and political activist. She worked as a reporter for Federated Press. Her extensive writings, notes, and correspondence document the labor strikes she covered in Kentucky and North Carolina and her work on civil rights, civil liberties and women's rights. O'Connor served and supported numerous progressive organizations, including the American League Against War and Fascism and the ACLU. Other materials include family biographical files;...
Dates of Materials:
1823 - 1989
League of Women Shoppers records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00328
Abstract
Consumer advocacy organization and labor reform advocacy organization. The purposes of the League of Women Shoppers were threefold: to investigate the working conditions in stores and factories; to organize consumers to support union organizing; and to protect and improve American living standards through grassroots. A few members represented include Alice Lesser Shepard, Lucille Montgomery, and Jessie Lloyd O'Connor. Materials include constitution and by-laws, correspondence, congressional...
Dates of Materials:
1937 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1937-1944
Lola Maverick Lloyd papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00094
Abstract
Pacifist; Suffragist; Women's rights activist. A small collection documenting her peace-related activities, during and after World War I, through correspondence and published pamphlets, newsletters, and clippings.
Dates of Materials:
1903-1952
O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd, 1971-75
File — Box 67.13: [Barcode: 310183630241395], Folder: 28-29
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists of twelve boxes of correspondence and transcripts with and by the interview respondents. These are filed alphabetically.
Dates of Materials:
1971-75