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Labor movement -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Aileen C. Hernandez papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00730
Overview Comprised of correspondence, reports, research notes, surveys, audiovisual materials, and newspaper clippings from the papers of Aileen C. Hernandez, activist and civic leader. These papers document the life of Aileen C. Hernandez, activist and civic leader.
Dates: 1926 - 2014
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Aileen C. Hernandez papers

Jessie Lloyd O'Connor papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00254
Overview 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: 1823 - 1989
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Jessie Lloyd O'Connor papers

League of Women Shoppers records

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00328
Overview 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: 1937 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1937-1944
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / League of Women Shoppers records

Marianne Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00754
Overview Marianne Robinson's letters, photographs, poetry, correspondence, and even invoices are fantastic primary sources for topics of the labor and women's movement, folk music, single motherhood, and activism. Her correspondence with Woody Guthrie might be of special interest.
Dates: 1948-2015
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Marianne Robinson papers
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