DescriptionEdith Elizabeth Lowry was born on March 23rd, 1897 in Plainfield NJ. After her graduation from Wellesley College in 1920, Lowry was involved with several organizations that promoted the health and...
DescriptionAlberta Gonzalez was born in Puerto Rico in 1914. In July 1950, with economic conditions in Puerto Rico deterioration and viable opportunity for single women in the work force, Gonzalez migrated to...
DescriptionAlberta Gonzalez was born in Puerto Rico in 1914. In July 1950, with economic conditions in Puerto Rico deterioration and viable opportunity for single women in the work force, Gonzalez migrated to...
DescriptionThis article from the Workers Defense League newsletter describes organizing among Puerto Rican farm workers over wages and working conditions. The Workers Defense League, founded in 1936 by Norman...
DescriptionThis interview was conducted as part of the New Jersey Historical Commission Grant-funded Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. The interviewee is Mr. Upendra Chivukula who is from southern India. He...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970), Contemporary America (1968-present)
DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...
DescriptionThis unpublished report by the Workers Defense League describes poor wages, working conditions, and housing among British West Indian and Bahamian contract workers on New Jersey farms. It compares...