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Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry
Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in IndustryLouise Leonard McLaren
Frances Perkins
Frances PerkinsShe-She-She Camps
Hilda Worthington Smith
Hilda Worthington SmithM. Carey Thomas
M. Carey ThomasWorkers' University of Córdoba
The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry (1921â1938) was a residential summer school program that brought approximately 100 young working womenâmostly factory workers with minimal educationâto the Bryn Mawr College campus, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, each year for eight weeks of liberal ... Read »
WikipediaLouise Leonard McLaren (August 10, 1865 â December 16, 1968) born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, was founder of the Southern Summer School for Women Workers. She attended Miss Beret's School for Ladies in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and went on to earn her A.B. at Vassar College in 1907; She then taught history unt ... Read »
WikipediaFrances Perkins Wilson (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 â May 14, 1965) was an American sociologist and workers-rights advocate who served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. As a loyal supporte ... Read »
WikipediaThe She-She-She Camps were organized by Eleanor Roosevelt (ER) in the US in response to the formation of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) programs designed for unemployed men. ER found that the men-only focus of the CCC program left out young women who were willing to work in conservation and forestry and to sign u ... Read »
WikipediaHilda Worthington Smith (June 19, 1888 â March 3, 1984) was an American labor educator, social worker, and poet. She is best known for her roles as first Director of the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry and as a co-founder of the Affiliated Schools for Workers (later known as the American Labo ... Read »
WikipediaMartha Carey Thomas (January 2, 1857 â December 2, 1935) was an American educator, suffragist, linguist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College. Carey Thomas, as she preferred to be called later in life (she was known as Minnie to her family as a child), was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 2, 1857. ... Read »
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