Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Esther Peterson, 1983
Creator: | Peterson, Esther, 1906- | Project: | Individual interviews oral history collection. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) transcript: 321 pages | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteConsumer adviser; government executive; interviewee married Oliver R. Peterson
Scope and ContentsFamily 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
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986
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