Rose Nelson to All IWO Women's Clubs, January 1941 (correspondence)
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- Title (English):
- Rose Nelson to All IWO Women's Clubs, January 1941 (correspondence)
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Black Jewish Relations
Culture Front - Creator:
- Nelson, Rose, Women's Department Director
- Recipient:
- All Women's Clubs
- Organization:
- International Workers Order, City Women's Committee
- Date:
- 1941-01-22
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b67f11_21
- File Name:
- 5276b67f11_21.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Work Type:
- memorandums
circular letters
publishing
concert programs
educating
political campaigns
political ideologies and attitudes
feminism
organization files
historical figures
invitations
publishing
world wars - Subject:
- Culture Front- Publishing
Women [Women's clubs, organizing]
Political
Jewish Left
Organizational History of IWO/JPFO
Americanization
Soviet Union
Health
Fellow Travellers
Youth
Education- Worker's University, other
Women's Classes
Pedagogy
Americanization - Description:
- Translated Summary: Circular "Organization Letter" with multiple items related to the women's clubs and women's organizing. Outlines how the City Women's Committee program was adopted by the City Central Committee meeting and now the plan needs to be implemented. The Plan includes a Women's Crusade Week (with literature that includes "Our Plan for Plenty"); IWO Membership Drive; Women's Month (April;, Mother's Day lodge celebrations; Women's Conference,; Club President and Membership Directors Meeting; Junior Work; Valley Forge Pilgrimage; Graduation Parties (held in January); [City-Wide] Women's School; [Publications] Women's Club Affairs and the Bulletin anniversary celebration; Peace Mobilization in Washington (People's Lobby for Peace). Reminder to take children for medical exams. Invitation to hear Paul Robeson at the IWO International Fiesta, Sunday February 23rd, 1941. [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
- Rights:
- The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. 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. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu