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Blog | Civil Rights

AFL-CIO Is Profiling Labor Leaders and Activists for Women's History Month

Kenneth Quinnell
March 3, 2020

For Women's History Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various women who were, and some who still are, leaders and activists working at the intersection of civil and labor rights. First, let's take a look back at women we've profiled in the past:

  • Arlene Holt Baker
  • Ella Josephine Baker
  • Rachel Bryan
  • Hattie Canty
  • Charlene Carruthers
  • Dora Cervantes
  • Linda Chavez-Thompson
  • May Chen
  • Septima Poinsette Clark
  • Miriam Frank
  • Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Elle Hearns
  • Velma Hopkins
  • Dolores Huerta
  • Josette Jaramillo
  • Marsha P. Johnson
  • Mara Keisling
  • Maida Springer Kemp
  • Theresa King
  • Sue Ko Lee and the Dollar Store Strikers
  • Esther López
  • Bree Newsome
  • Lucy Gonzales Parsons
  • Frances Perkins
  • Ai-jen Poo
  • Kara Sheehan
  • Augusta Thomas
  • Rosina Tucker
  • Velma Veloria
  • Sue Cowan Williams
  • Diann Woodard

Check back throughout March as we add even more names to this prestigious list. 

New profiles:

  • Roxanne Brown
  • Jessie Lopez de la Cruz
  • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
  • Alice Paul

Tags: Women's History Month

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