National Women’s Trade Union League of America

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labor organization trade union support organization women’s organization

The National Women’s Trade Union League of America was a pioneering early 20th-century organization that united working-class and middle-class women to promote women’s labor rights, unionization, and social reform in the United States.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Women’s Trade Union League	2
National Women’s Trade Union League of America canonical	1
Women's Trade Union League	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	labor organization ⓘ trade union support organization ⓘ women’s organization ⓘ
activePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
advocated	maximum hours laws for women ⓘ minimum wage laws for women ⓘ women’s suffrage ⓘ workplace safety regulations ⓘ
affiliatedWith	American Federation of Labor NERFINISHED ⓘ
composedOf	middle-class women ⓘ working-class women ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolved	1950 ⓘ
focus	education of women workers ⓘ organizing women into trade unions ⓘ political lobbying for labor laws ⓘ support for strikes by women workers ⓘ
founded	1903 ⓘ
foundedAt	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Jane Addams NERFINISHED ⓘ Lillian Wald NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Kenney O’Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ other women labor reformers ⓘ
foundedIn	Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology	progressivism ⓘ
movement	American labor movement ⓘ Progressive Era reform movement ⓘ women’s labor movement ⓘ
notableActivity	support for the 1909–1910 New York shirtwaist strike ⓘ support for the 1912 Lawrence textile strike ⓘ
notableMember	Agnes Nestor NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonora O’Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Dreier Robins NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Schneiderman NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationType	magazine ⓘ
published	Life and Labor NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	advance social reform ⓘ improve working conditions for women ⓘ promote equal pay for women ⓘ promote women’s labor rights ⓘ secure protective labor legislation for women ⓘ support unionization of women workers ⓘ
supportedBy	trade unionists ⓘ women reformers ⓘ
workedOnIssue	child labor reform ⓘ industrial safety ⓘ social insurance legislation ⓘ unemployment insurance ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miles Franklin → workedFor → National Women’s Trade Union League of America ⓘ

Clara Lemlich → memberOf → National Women’s Trade Union League of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Women's Trade Union League

Uprising of the 20,000 → supportedBy → National Women’s Trade Union League of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Women’s Trade Union League

New York shirtwaist strike of 1909 → supportedBy → National Women’s Trade Union League of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Women’s Trade Union League