Box 24
Container
Contains 14 Results:
Article and Book Chapters by Ruth Milkman, 1972-1982
File — Box: 24, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Included in this subseries are the summaries of workshops done between 2011 and 2012 leading to the workshop guide, Why Women Should Join Unions: Organizing and Leading with Eleanor Roosevelt. The workshops were based on Brigid O’Farrell’s book, She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker with a grant from the Berger-Marks Foundation. Brigid O’Farrell traveled to different union conferences, summer schools, and other gatherings to present and lead the workshops. Included are...
Dates:
1972-1982
United Auto Workers (UAW) Articles and Conference Materials, July 8, 1998- September 2006
File — Box: 24, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Brigid O’Farrell joined the National Writers Union, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 1981 in 1996 in Washington D.C. but was not active at first. The NWU offered many services to their members such as free advice on book contracts, grievance assistance, and more. As a member, O’Farrell met and worked with many women, such as Dottie Jones. Jones had worked as an auto assembler at Chrysler in 1966 where she had witnessed sex discrimination and harassment firsthand. She was an active member...
Dates:
July 8, 1998- September 2006
United Automobile Workers (UAW) Annual Women's Conference Photographs and Materials, August 2015- September 2015
File — Box: 24, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Brigid O’Farrell joined the National Writers Union, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 1981 in 1996 in Washington D.C. but was not active at first. The NWU offered many services to their members such as free advice on book contracts, grievance assistance, and more. As a member, O’Farrell met and worked with many women, such as Dottie Jones. Jones had worked as an auto assembler at Chrysler in 1966 where she had witnessed sex discrimination and harassment firsthand. She was an active member...
Dates:
August 2015- September 2015
Veteran Feminist of America Articles, Essays, and Pamphlets, January 2014- September 2014
File — Box: 24, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Brigid O’Farrell joined the National Writers Union, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 1981 in 1996 in Washington D.C. but was not active at first. The NWU offered many services to their members such as free advice on book contracts, grievance assistance, and more. As a member, O’Farrell met and worked with many women, such as Dottie Jones. Jones had worked as an auto assembler at Chrysler in 1966 where she had witnessed sex discrimination and harassment firsthand. She was an active member...
Dates:
January 2014- September 2014