From Pinafores to Politics

From Pinafores to Politics
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Download or read book From Pinafores to Politics written by Florence Jaffray Harriman and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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