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Rose Schneiderman (April 6, 1882 - August 11, 1972) was the president of the New York Women’s Trade League[1] from 1917 to 1949, while also the president of the National Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) from 1926 through 1950[2]. She was the first-ever woman elected into a labor union in national office. She transformed the American labor system and the lives of many American workers. In 1933 she was appointed to the National Labor Advisory Board by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She was the only woman on the National Labor Advisory Board, and she fought for the inclusion of domestic workers in social security as well as equal pay for female workers[2]. Also, from 1937 to 1943 she served as secretary of the New York State Department of Labor[3]. Additionally, throughout the 1930s and 1940s, she worked to help Jewish refugees escape Europe during the Holocaust[2]. Specifically, she worked to assist relocate of Jews to the United States and Palestine. Before her work as president of the New York Women’s Trade League, she was a full-time organizer for the league, working in the garments industry[3]. In 1949, she began to devote her time to writing memoirs and speaking on radio shows.
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Rose Schneiderman | |
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Born | (1882-04-06)April 6, 1882 |
Occupation | Labor union leader |