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Subject Focus: Women's History at the Reuther Library
Posted March 1st, 2012 by wlefevre
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The Reuther Library celebrates Women’s History Month with a look at some of the significant collections housed in the library that deal with the role of women in the urban landscape in Southeast Michigan.
Edith L. Christenson held positions in the Women’s Trade Union League, the Chorus Equity Association, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Public Affairs. The papers of Ms. Christenson document her work as a YMCA canteen worker during World War I and her involvement in the labor and cooperative movements and as an advocate for adult education. Of particular interest is a scrapbook documenting her travels around the world in 1925. read more »
Eleanor Josaitis — Hands Across the Racial Divide
Posted August 11th, 2011 by wlefevre
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- Civil rights--America
- Civil rights
- Community activists
- Community organizations
- Community service
- Detroit (Mich.)
- Detroit (Mich.) -- Riot, 1967
- Detroit--economic conditions
- Detroit--race relations
- Detroit--social conditions
- Discrimination in employment
- Education, Urban
- Education--Experimental methods
- Family services
- Human rights
- Minorities--Civil rights
- Race relations
- Social service
- Urban development
- Urban renewal
As a symbol, it is exquisite in its simplicity. Two hands inside a circle, one black and one white, almost but never quite touching across the racial divide. This has been the logo of Focus: HOPE, an organization fighting for basic human rights in Detroit and Southeast Michigan for over forty years. And until her death last week, one of the leaders of the fight was Eleanor Josaitis.
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