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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]
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 ]
In 1881 the Knights of Labor opened its membership to women. [3] Rodgers was made a "Master Workman" (president) of District Assembly 24 in 1886, covering all of Chicago except the Stockyards. [7] She was the first woman to hold that position in the Knights. [8] Rodgers helped promote women's involvement in the Knights of Labor. [9] [4]
Alzina Stevens (May 27, 1849 – June 3, 1900) was an American labor leader, social reformer, and editor, active in Hull House in Chicago.She was one of the representative women in the order of the Knights of Labor and an ardent advocate of equal suffrage.
When the pay dropped to 50 cents three years later, O'Reilly joined the knights of labor and participated in her first strike. [6] Leonora O'Reilly early in her life became engaged with the labor reform and women's suffrage movements and at 16 she joined the Knights of Labor with her mother, Winifred O'Reilly, who soon followed her daughter's ...
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]
Swank became a good friend of Parsons and as soon as the Knights of Labor decided to admit women, they both joined up. [3]: 34 [14] The WWU encouraged women to unionize and promoted the eight-hour day. [17] On April 20, 1881, Parsons gave birth to her second child, Lulu Eda, who was to die of lymphedema at the age of eight.
It was the first women's strike in Minnesota, and Valesh gained notice, as some credited her with helping spark the strike. [9] The Knights of Labor, a workers organization, helped organize and encourage the strike. During the 1880's, the organization had gained membership and encouraged strike action across the United States.