biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1872–1964)
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| biography:
| Labour leader, born in Lidköping, SE Sweden. Emigrating to the USA at age 16, she became active in union work, becoming an officer of the International Boot and Shoe Workers' Union in Chicago. She was also active in the Women's Trade Union League and worked to obtain equal pay for women for equal work. She was the first director of the Women's Bureau of the US Department of Labor (1920–44). |
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