IWO Women's City Committee to District Leaders Regarding Campaign Against Inflated Prices, May 1941 (correspondence)

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Title (English):: IWO Women's City Committee to District Leaders Regarding Campaign Against Inflated Prices, May 1941 (correspondence)
Collection:: International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
Set:: Culture Front
Women's Work
Creator:: Shavelson (Lemlich), Clara, 1886-1982
Creator:: שׁייוועלסאָן, קלארא
Recipient:: To All Women's Club Leaders
Organization:: New York State and City Committee, International Workers Order
Date:: 1941-05-29
Coordinates:: 40.73591,-73.99406
Latitude:: 40.73591
Longitude:: -73.99406
Location:: New York, New York, United States
ID Number:: 5276b67f11_86
File Name:: 5276b67f11_86.pdf
Address (creator):: 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
Work Type:: printed ephemera
circular letters
feminism
political campaigns
organization files
historical figures
political ideologies and attitudes
communism
Subject:: Women [Women's clubs, organizing]
Education- Worker's University, other, Ordn Shule, Shules
Pedagogy
Culture Front- Publishing
Jewish Left
Soviet Union
Organizational History of IWO/JPFO
Communism
Political
Americanization
Jewish Lodges
Membership
Description:: Translated Summary: Begins, "The nation's bankers and industrialists, who are dragging us closer to the abyss of war, have also decided that the people will bear the cost of war through higher taxes..." "The discontent of women who have to cover the increased cost of living can be heard in every market..." Announces campaign against larcenous pricing for staple goods. [Prior to Hitler invading the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, the IWO opposed U.S. support of the Allies in World War II.]
Notes:: Documents organizational antecedents to the Emma Lazarus Division, founded in 1944 by the Women's Division of the Jewish People's Fraternal Order of the International Workers Order (IWO). The Division eventually became the Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs (ELF)
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
Cite As:: International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Repository:: Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
Archival Collection:: International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
Box:: 67
Folder:: 11
Format:: Image
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