Mary (Kenney) O'Sullivan, 1864-1943
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Mary (Kenney) O'Sullivan was a labor organizer and factory inspector. She became the first woman general organizer of the American Federation of Labor in 1892 and devoted her career to trade union organizing among women and to promoting protective legislation. She was also active on behalf of prohibition and woman's suffrage and in the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
From the guide to the Papers, 1900-1943, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)
Mary (Kenney) O'Sullivan was a labor organizer and factory inspector. She became the first woman general organizer of the American Federation of Labor in 1892 and devoted her career to trade union organizing among women and to promoting protective legislation. She was also active on behalf of woman's suffrage, child labor legislation, and prohibition. For further biographical information, see Notable American Women (Cambridge, MA, 1971), Vol.II.
From the guide to the Papers, 1892-1943, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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creatorOf | Papers of Mary Kenney O'Sullivan, 1892-1943 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Papers, 1900-1943 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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associatedWith | Addams, Jane, 1860-1935 |
associatedWith | American Federation of Labor |
associatedWith | Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 |
associatedWith | Barnum, Gertrude, 1866-1948 |
associatedWith | Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950 |
associatedWith | Brandeis, Louis Dembitz, 1856-1941 |
associatedWith | Darrow, Clarence, 1877-1938 |
associatedWith | Evans, Elizabeth (Gardiner) Glendower, 1856-1937 |
associatedWith | Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 |
associatedWith | Kelley, Florence, 1859-1932 |
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Death 1943
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