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3 Linear Feet (6 MB). |
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2.58 Gigabytes (61 files). |
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Materials are arranged by interview number, which corresponds to alphabetical arrangement by interviewee last name. |
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Material entirely in English. |
| Summary |
In the 1970s, the Program on Women and Work, a unit of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), a jointly administered body of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, coordinated an oral history project to document the lives and work of women active in the labor movement from 1900 through 1970. Joyce L. Kornbluh of ILIR served as project director. Many interviewers conducted interviews with participants across the United State. This project, "The Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change," eventually formed the basis for the 1996 book, Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975 , written by Kornbluh and Brigid O'Farrell, one of the interviewers. Collection consists of transcripts of 61 oral history interviews with women workers, labor leaders, and activists representing varied geographic, work, racial, and ethnic backgrounds and union affiliations. Topics covered include family background; work history; involvement in union, community, and political activities; motivations for activism; reflections on women's roles in unions; and general views on life. Each transcript includes a biographical sketch and an index. |
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Processing Information: Processed by Walter P. Reuther Library. Finding aid written by Rebecca Bizonet on April 1, 2016. |
| Access |
Collection is open for research. |
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Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library Rules for Use of Archival Materials. RESTRICTIONS: Due to the personal nature of oral history, the Library prohibits use of the material in any way that infringes on individual right to privacy, or results in libelous statements or slander, in accordance with U.S. law. Permission to publish or quote from the following interviews must be obtained from the interviewee or her heirs or assigns: Clara Day, Marie Fese, Caroline Decker Gladstein, Ola Kennedy, Minnie Lunsford, Eula McGill, Julia Luna Mount, Rose Norwood, Karen Nussbaum, and Celia Pincus. |
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Transcripts were digitized and are available as PDF files. |
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The original project materials, including administrative files, draft and final transcript versions, audio recordings, and microform copies, are housed at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan. |
| Cite As: |
"Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change Oral Histories, [Interviewee Name] Interview, Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University" |
| Note |
In the 1970s, the Program on Women and Work, a unit of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR), a jointly administered body of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University, coordinated an oral history project to document the lives and work of women active in the labor movement from 1900 through 1970. Joyce L. Kornbluh of ILIR served as project director. Many interviewers conducted interviews with participants across the United State. This project, "The Twentieth Century Trade Union Woman: Vehicle for Social Change," eventually formed the basis for the 1996 book, Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975 , written by Kornbluh and Brigid O'Farrell, one of the interviewers. |
| Summary |
Collection consists of transcripts of 61 oral history interviews with women workers, labor leaders, and activists representing varied geographic, work, racial, and ethnic backgrounds and union affiliations. Topics covered include family background; work history; involvement in union, community, and political activities; motivations for activism; reflections on women's roles in unions; and general views on life. Each transcript includes a biographical sketch and an index. Includes interviews with the following 61 participants: Mary Baker, Sara Barron, Mary Callahan, Beulah Compton, Catherine Conroy, Clara Day, Jessie De La Cruz, Evelyn Dubrow, Mary Lawrence Elkuss, Marie Fese, Sara Fredgrant, Caroline Decker Gladstein, Charlotte Graham, Dorothy Haener, Lillian Herstein, Mildred Jeffrey, Brownie Lee Jones, Maida Springer Kemp, Ola Kennedy, Elizabeth Kimmel, Dorothy and Henry Kraus, Mollie Levitas, Carmen Lucia, Minnie Lunsford, Florence Luscomb, Florence Lynch, Julia Maietta, Joyce Maupin, Ah Quon McElrath, Eula McGill, Barbara Merrill, Julia Luna Mount, Arline Neal, Fannie Neal, Pauline Newman, Elizabeth Nord, Rose Norwood, Karen Nussbaum, Rose Palmquist, Esther Peterson, Florence Peterson, Alice Peurala, Celia Pincus, Antoinette Podojil, Geraldine Roberts, Lillian Roberts, Dollie L. Robinson, Margaret Scattergood, Frieda Schwenkmeyer, Bonnie Segal, Anna Sullivan, Gertrude Sweet, Pauline Taylor, Lucille Thornburgh, Doris Turner, Regina Urdaneta, Angela Gizzi Ward, Barbara Wertheimer, Ruth Wiencek, and Nelle Wooding. |
| Subject |
Women labor union members -- United States
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| Genre |
Oral histories |
| Added Author |
Kornbluh, Joyce L. pdr
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| Added Title |
Walter P. Reuther Library Oral History Collection
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| OCLC # |
948808183 |
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