A Higher “Standard of Life” for the World: U.S. Labor Women's Reform Internationalism and the Legacies of 1919.

WORKING class women; WOMEN political activists; LABOR laws -- International cooperation; INTERNATIONAL cooperation on employee rights; WOMEN labor leaders; PROLETARIAN internationalism; INTERNATIONALISM; SCHNEIDERMAN, Rose, 1882-1972; TWENTIETH century

An essay is presented on the post-World War I activism of U.S. women in the area of international labor reform. It profiles the formation and activities of the National Women’s Trade Union League of America (NWTUL), including its participation in the founding of the International Federation of Working Women (IFWW). Topics include interactions between U.S. and international labor rights activists and profiles of NWTUL leaders Rose Schneiderman and Mary Anderson.