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May 01, 1874 Bar, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine Died on 17 Nov 1949 (aged 75)
American labor activist, suffragist, and educator
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About Theresa Malkiel
- Theresa Serber Malkiel (1874-1949) was a Russian-born American labor activist, suffragist, and educator.
- She was the first woman to rise from factory work to leadership in the Socialist party.
- Her 1910 novel, The Diary of a Shirtwaist Striker, is credited with helping to reform New York state labor laws.
- As head of the Woman's National Committee of the Socialist Party of America (SPA), she established an annual Woman's Day which was the precursor to International Women's Day.
- In 1911, while on a speaking tour of the American South, she called attention to the problem of white supremacism within the party.
- She spent her later years promoting adult education for women workers.
