The National Association of Wage Earners was an organisation which sought to standardize and improve living conditions for women, particularly migrant workers. The organisation operated a mail-order clothes factory, and was headquartered in Washington D.C.[1] It was founded by Nannie H Burroughs, who had previously founded a national training school for black girls in 1909.[2][3] The Association appears to have become defunct by 1926.[4]
Abbreviation | N.A .of W.E. |
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Formation | 1921 |
Defunct | c.1926 |
Headquarters | 1115 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. |
President | Nannie H. Burroughs |
Vice President | Mary McLeod Bethune |
References
edit- ^ "Headquarters National Association of Wage Earners, 1115 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C." Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ "Prosperity and Thrift: Guide N-R". memory.loc.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ "Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ Higginbotham, Evelyn Brooks (15 March 1994). Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880–1920. Harvard University Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-0-674-25439-8.