Object Details
Description
Demand for inexpensive, mass-produced women’s clothing spurred the rise of early garment factories. The ILGWU was formed in 1900 by bringing together several smaller local unions to fight to end sweatshop production, higher wages, and improve working conditions in the cities where the garment factories were located. Building on the success of the 1909 New York City shirtwaist makers’ strike and the 1910 New York cloakmakers’ strike the union quickly grew to be one of the strongest labor organizations in the country. This guest badge for the 40th anniversary ILGWU convention includes a silver-colored medallion in the shape of a spool of thread.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
U.S. Legislative Branch, Library of Congress, Exchange and Gift Division
Date made
1940
ID Number
1984.0374.71
accession number
1984.0374
catalog number
1984.0374.71
Object Name
Ribbon, Convention
badge, convention
Measurements
overall: 3 in x 1 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 3.81 cm
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Labor Unions
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_680711