From pinafores to politics - by Daisy Hurst (Mrs. J. Borden Harriman)
Summary
This autobiography details the life of Daisy Hurst (Mrs. J. Borden) Harriman, a wealthy New York woman who worked diligently for issues concerning working-class women. Harriman was one of the women who lent her financial support to the shirtwaist workers' strike in 1909. In addition, with Mrs. Oliver H.P. Belmont and Miss Anne Morgan, she helped organize a strike meeting of the WTUL at the Colony Club, the first women's social club in New York City, which she also helped organize. In 1912, she was named by Woodrow Wilson to serve on the Federal Industrial Relations Commission.
Illustrated lining-papers.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Date
01/01/1923
Location
united states
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
Public Domain