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Reminiscences of Maida Springer Kemp : oral history, 1977.

Creator: Kemp, Maida Springer.
Project: Black women oral history project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 101 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Trade unionist

Scope and Contents

Childhood and family in Panama; move to New York, NY; Garvey movement; Black boarding school in New Jersey; trade union career: International Ladies' Garment Workers Union organizer, educational and business committeewoman, 1930-1950, New York Women's Trade Union League, labor travels to England, Africa, Sweden, 1950-1970s; impressions of Tom Mboya, A. Philip Randolph, Lester Granger, Pauline Newman, Rose Schneiderman, Charlotte Adelman, Frank Crossthwait, Fania Cohn, others in labor movement

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Copyright by narrator and Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College

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