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Mary O'Sullivan may refer to: Mary Blanche O'Sullivan (1860–?), Canadian teacher, writer, and editor; Mary Josephine Donovan O'Sullivan (1887–1966), Irish professor of history; Mary Kenney O'Sullivan (1864–1943), American organizer in the early U.S. labor movement; Mary O'Sullivan (camogie), Irish camogie-player
Apr 24, 2024 · Mary Kenney O’Sullivan (born Jan. 8, 1864, Hannibal, Mo., U.S.—died Jan. 18, 1943, West Medford, Mass.) was an American labour leader and reformer who devoted her energies to improving conditions for factory workers in many industries through union organizing.
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Mary O'SULLIVAN | Professor (Full) | PhD Business Economics | University of Geneva, Genève | UNIGE | Department of History, Economics and Society | Research profile. About. 60. Publications....
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In 1888, Mary and her mother moved to Chicago where Kenney started organizing women into trade unions. In the late 1880s, the women bookbinders of Chicago joined the American Federation of Labor and Kenney was elected a delegate to the Chicago Trades and Labor Assembly. In Chicago, Kenney met Jane Addams who invited her to live in Hull House. Kenne...
In the mid-1890s Kenney moved to Boston, Massachusetts where she married John O'Sullivan, a journalist working for the Boston Globe. The couple had three children. In Boston, she worked for the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, organizing rubber makers, shoe, garment, and laundry workers. In 1902, John O’Sullivan died, and Mary was left alo...
In 1914, the Massachusettslegislature passed a law to protect women on workplace. In November 1914, she was elected to help enforce the new law, becoming a factory inspector for the Division of Industrial Safety of the Department of Labor, a post she held for twenty years. Mary Kenney O'Sullivan died on January 18, 1943 in Medford, Massachusetts. S...
Blog. Scholars. Mary O’Sullivan is a professor of economic history and the chair of the Department of History, Economics and Society at the University of Geneva. She is interested in the comparative history of capitalism and economic development, with a particular focus on the history of enterprises, industries, and financial institutions.
Professor of Economic History. University of Geneva. Mary A. O’Sullivan is a Professor of Economic History in the Department of History, Economics and Society at the University of Geneva.
