Isabel Chapin Barrows was born in Vermont to Scottish immigrant parents and became the first woman to be employed by the US State Department.
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Rose Schneiderman was a Polish Jew who immigrated to America as a child in 1890. Her father died two years later leaving the family in poverty. Schneiderman started her working life in a department store but there was more money to be made in factory work so she became a cap stitcher. In 1903, at just 21, she was a co-founder of the United Cloth Hat and Cap Makers’ Union. Schneiderman was known as a powerful orator and a talented organiser. For more on Rose Schneider, click here |
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