Reminiscences of Esther Peterson, 1983.

Biographical Note

Consumer adviser; government executive; interviewee married Oliver R. Peterson

Scope and Contents

Family background; Brigham Young University, 1927, Teachers College, 1930; Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry; development of political philosophy; organizing teachers' and garment workers' unions; federal legislative representation of unions, 1940s-60s; special assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs, Assistant Secretary of Labor, 1961-69; Truth in Packaging issue

Subjects

• Bruns, Scott, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Consumer affairs directors--Interviews.
• Consumer protection.
• Edwin, Ed, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Government executives--United States--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Labor laws and legislation.
• Labor unions.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997--Interviews.
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.
• United States. Department of Labor.
• Women--Political activity.

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986