Mae Massie Eberhardt
Mae Massie Eberhardt (born 1915) is a union activist in New Jersey in the twentieth century.[1][2]
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| Born | Mae Graves August 31, 1915 |
| Occupation | Union Activist Executive Vice-President of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council |
Biography
Mae Eberhardt was born to parents Randolph and Ida Kenny Graves in Virginia but moved to New Jersey after her first marriage.[1] After the end of her first marriage, she began to work at Orange and Domestic Laundry, which led to her involvement in Local 284, AFL, and union activism.[1] Eberhardt went on to work as on electronics for Kuthe Laboratories in Newark, New Jersey, where she was actively involved with International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE).[1] In 1963, she went to work for IUE as civil rights director for District 3, which covers both New Jersey and New York.[1][2][3] Eberhardt became the first Black woman ever elected as an officer in a state labor organization when she was elected executive vice-president of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council.[1][2]
References
- "Black Women Oral History Project Interviews, 1976–1981: Biographies". Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America research Guides. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- Sheridan, Clare M. (1992). Labor History Archives in the United States: A Guide for Researching and Teaching. Wayne State University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0814323898. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- Hartmann, Susan M. (1999). The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07464-6. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
External links
- Mae Eberhardt Interview Transcript, 1976-1981 OH-31. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- Trade union women oral history project: 1978-1979 85223 Bimu C542 2. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.