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Her duty was to "investigate women’s employment conditions, build new assemblies, agitate for the KOL’s principle of equal pay for equal work, and integrate women into the Knights." [11] She was the first woman to be paid to be a labor investigator and organiser, [7] but also the "only woman to hold national office in the order." [12]
Elizabeth Flynn Rodgers (August 25, 1847 – August 27, 1939) was an Irish-born American labor leader. One of the first women to hold an office in the Knights of Labor, Rodgers fought for women's rights in the workplace while raising her ten children. She led a small group of women to organize the Working Women's Union in the 1870s, the first ...
In 1871, four years after the death of her family, Jones lost her home, shop, and possessions in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Jones, like many others, helped rebuild the city. According to her autobiography, this led to her joining the Knights of Labor. [11] Pennsylvania state historical marker for Mother Jones in Coaldale, Schuylkill County
The Knights of Labor (K of L), officially the Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, was an American labor federation that was active in the late 19th century, especially the 1880s. It operated in the United States as well in Canada, [ 1 ] and had chapters also in Great Britain and Australia. [ 2 ]
The first Labor Day celebration in the U.S. took place in New York City on Sept. 5, 1882, when some 10,000 workers marched in a parade organized by the Central Labor Union and the Knights of Labor.
Stephens (1821 - 1882) was a U.S. labor leader. He led nine Philadelphia garment workers to found the Knights of Labor in 1869, a more successful early national union. 1869 (United States) Uriah Smith Stephens organized a new union known as the Knights of Labor. [18] 1869 (United States) Collar Laundry Union Strike in Troy, New York. [18]
She became a member of the Knights of Labor in 1881 and the master workman of local chapter 1789. [4] She was the local 1789's delegate at the Chicago Trade and Labor Assembly, a trade union association. According to Ralph Scharnau, from 1888 to 1895 Morgan was the top woman in the Chicago labor movement. [1]
One of the most brutal and inhumane crimes of the twentieth century, Emmett Till's racially-charged murder etched his name in history as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.