biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1880–1948)
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| biography:
| Labour leader, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. A gloveworker in Chicago, she led her sister gloveworkers in a drive for a union shop (1898), became president of the all-female local (1902), and rose through the ranks to become president of the International Gloveworkers Union (1913–15). She was also active in the National Women's Trade Union League (1913–48). Beyond her varied labour union activities, she was a highly regarded proponent of progressive social legislation and served on various state and national boards and commissions. |
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