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Minutes of Archbishops' Meeting to Consider Status of Certain Societies, October 28, 1886
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Letter to D.J. Foley, June 6, 1882; Letter to Archbishop James Gibbons, June 8, 1882
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"Women's Work" Broadside, 1887
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Lenora Barry, n.d.
After the Knights of Labor legalized the admittance of Women in 1880, the union created a Committee on Women's Work. The Committee chose Leonora Barry (1849-1930), an Irish immigrant, one-time teacher, and former factory worker, to serve as a…
Women at the Knights of Labor General Assembly, 1886
The Knights were unusual in that they accepted people of all trades, and that they encouraged workers of a variety of occupational backgrounds to work together toward the improvement of all workers. This inclusive attitude aimed at including all…
Letter to T.V. Powderly, October, 21, 1886
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Bishop John Keane, n.d.
John Keane (1839-1918) was born in Ireland, and immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was seven years old. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1866 in Baltimore. In 1878, Keane was appointed Bishop of Richmond. He also served as first…
Letter to Frederick Turner, April 24, 1885
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Frederick Turner, n.d.
Frederick Turner (1846-?) was born in England, and emigrated to the U.S. at age 10. He learned the trade of goldbeating, and in 1873, he organized the goldbeaters of Philadelphia into a local assembly of the Knights of Labor. Throughout the 1880s,…
Pastoral Letter from the Archbishop of New York, November 27, 1886
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