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1869 Workingwomen's Convention (Boston)...
1869 Workingwomen's Convention (Boston)...
Item # 722180
April 23, 1969
THE WORLD, New York City, April 23, 1869
* Early Woman's "Equal pay & safe working conditions
* Progressive Women reformers - labor rights reform
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WOMEN IN DESPAIR" with subheads. (see images) Report takes up entire last column and continues on page 2 for another 1 1/2 columns.
Complete with 8 pages, minor spine wear, nice condition.
AI notes: On April 21, 1869, Boston reformers and female wage-earners gathered at Tremont Temple for what newspapers described as a “mass meeting of workingwomen,” a precursor to the more formal Workingwomen’s Convention later that year. The April 21 meeting was called to protest cripplingly low wages—especially among seamstresses, shoe binders, and textile workers—and to rally support for creating a permanent organization to defend women in industry. Speakers highlighted that thousands of Boston women earned barely enough to live, some as little as a dollar a week after expenses, and pressed for cooperative workshops, fair wages, and the right to organize without employer retaliation. The enthusiastic turnout and public testimony at this April gathering directly set the stage for the broader 1869 convention and the founding of the Working Women’s Association in Boston.
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