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'''Josephine Casey''' (1 January 1878(?) |
'''Josephine Casey''' (1 January 1878(?) – 27 January 1950) was a labor organizer and leader, and a women's rights advocate.<ref name=Hoy/> |
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Casey, the youngest of four children, was born in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] in [1878?] and raised in [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]. Her Catholic parents, Cornelius and Bridget Stephens Casey, were Irish immigrants.<ref name=Hoy>{{cite web|last1=Hoy|first1=Suellen|title=Casey, Josephine|url=http://www.anb.org/articles/15/15-01376.html|publisher=American National Biographer Online|accessdate=23 July 2015|date=February 2000}}</ref> |
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[[File:Kalamazoo Corset Company 1912 0038 (16990592555) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Kalamazoo Corset Company factory, 1912]] |
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[[File:Josephine Casey, Maud Younger.tif|thumb|Josephine Casey and [[Maud Younger]]]] |
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While working as a Chicago streetcar ticket agent in 1904 she persuaded the women she worked with to form a union. She worked as an organizer for the Boston [[Women's Trade Union League]] from 1906 to 1909. She then organized for the [[International Ladies Garment Workers Union]] and was a strike leader for garment workers in Kalamazoo, Cleveland, and St. Louis between 1911 and 1914.<ref name=Storrs/> In March 1912, Casey's efforts in Michigan were focused on the concerns of female workers at the Kalamazoo Corset Company including low wages, long hours in unsanitary conditions and sexual harassment from male foreman. Organizers, including [[Pauline Newman (labor activist)|Pauline Newman]] and Gertrude Barnum,<ref name=Mason>{{cite book|last1=Mason|first1=Karen M.|editor1-last=Groneman|editor1-first=Carol|editor2-last=Mary Beth|editor2-first=Norton|title=Feeling the Pinch: The Kalamazoo Corsetmakers' Strike of 1912|date=1987|publisher=Cornell University Press|location=Ithaca, NY|isbn=9780801494529|pages=141–160|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8j-cCOQwhQC&q=josephine+casey+union|accessdate=22 August 2015}}</ref> and striking employees gained national attention for silent picketing and prayer meetings in response to a court order to stymie disorderly picket lines. An agreement that fell short of significant wage gains, but marked progress for female workers' rights, was reached on June 12.<ref name=Scott>{{cite web|last1=Scott|first1=Beth|title=Kalamazoo Corset Company|url=http://www.kpl.gov/article.aspx?id=1420|publisher=Kalamazoo Public Library|accessdate=23 July 2015|date=1997}}</ref> |
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During [[World War I]] Casey opposed women-only labor laws in the South. She was a suffrage activist and worked for the Women's Political Union in New York. In the 1920s she was a champion of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]]. Following a series of misfortunes, she was earning $5 per week working as a housekeeper. In 1931 the [[National Woman's Party]] (NWP) contacted her and sent her to Atlanta to oppose the efforts by the Southern Council and the Cotton Textile Institute to establish sex-based legislation. Her reports were made into a regular column featured in the NWP's weekly bulletin ''[[National Woman's Party#Publications|Equal Rights]]''.<ref name=Storrs>{{cite book|last1=Storrs|first1=Landon R.Y.|title=Civilizing Capitalism: The National Consumers' League, Women's Activism, and Labor Standards in the New Deal Era|date=2000|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|location=Chapel Hill|isbn=0-8078-6099-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-G6PPLLaO0YC&q=Josephine%20Casey%20labor&pg=PA1944}}</ref> |
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As a member of the [[First Church of Christ, Scientist]] in Boston and later the Seventh Church of Christ Scientist in New York, Casey refused to seek medical care for heart related issues because of her religious beliefs. She died at her home in New York City on January 27, 1950.<ref name=Hoy/> |
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*{{cite web|title=Guide to the Rose Schneiderman Papers TAM.018 - Subseries A: Correspondence 1909-1914 (Reel 7099/113: Frames 1-366)|url=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_018/dscref13.html|publisher=Tamiment Library & Wagner Labor Archives|accessdate=23 July 2015|location=New York}} |
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Latest revision as of 19:17, 17 January 2023
Josephine Casey | |
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 Josephine Casey, from a 1912 publication | |
| Born | January 1, 1878 |
| Died | January 27, 1950 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | U.S. labor union leader |
Josephine Casey (1 January 1878(?) – 27 January 1950) was a labor organizer and leader, and a women's rights advocate.[1]
Early life[edit]
Casey, the youngest of four children, was born in Memphis, Tennessee in [1878?] and raised in Chicago. Her Catholic parents, Cornelius and Bridget Stephens Casey, were Irish immigrants.[1]
Career[edit]
While working as a Chicago streetcar ticket agent in 1904 she persuaded the women she worked with to form a union. She worked as an organizer for the Boston Women's Trade Union League from 1906 to 1909. She then organized for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and was a strike leader for garment workers in Kalamazoo, Cleveland, and St. Louis between 1911 and 1914.[2] In March 1912, Casey's efforts in Michigan were focused on the concerns of female workers at the Kalamazoo Corset Company including low wages, long hours in unsanitary conditions and sexual harassment from male foreman. Organizers, including Pauline Newman and Gertrude Barnum,[3] and striking employees gained national attention for silent picketing and prayer meetings in response to a court order to stymie disorderly picket lines. An agreement that fell short of significant wage gains, but marked progress for female workers' rights, was reached on June 12.[4]
During World War I Casey opposed women-only labor laws in the South. She was a suffrage activist and worked for the Women's Political Union in New York. In the 1920s she was a champion of the Equal Rights Amendment. Following a series of misfortunes, she was earning $5 per week working as a housekeeper. In 1931 the National Woman's Party (NWP) contacted her and sent her to Atlanta to oppose the efforts by the Southern Council and the Cotton Textile Institute to establish sex-based legislation. Her reports were made into a regular column featured in the NWP's weekly bulletin Equal Rights.[2]
Death[edit]
As a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston and later the Seventh Church of Christ Scientist in New York, Casey refused to seek medical care for heart related issues because of her religious beliefs. She died at her home in New York City on January 27, 1950.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Hoy, Suellen (February 2000). "Casey, Josephine". American National Biographer Online. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ a b Storrs, Landon R.Y. (2000). Civilizing Capitalism: The National Consumers' League, Women's Activism, and Labor Standards in the New Deal Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-6099-9.
- ^ Mason, Karen M. (1987). Groneman, Carol; Mary Beth, Norton (eds.). Feeling the Pinch: The Kalamazoo Corsetmakers' Strike of 1912. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. pp. 141–160. ISBN 9780801494529. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Scott, Beth (1997). "Kalamazoo Corset Company". Kalamazoo Public Library. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
External links[edit]
- "Guide to the Rose Schneiderman Papers TAM.018 - Subseries A: Correspondence 1909-1914 (Reel 7099/113: Frames 1-366)". New York: Tamiment Library & Wagner Labor Archives. Retrieved 23 July 2015.