Today's Labor Quote: Mary Kenney O’Sullivan

“I was convinced that the workers must organize. Someone must go from shop to shop and find out who the workers were that were willing to work for better working conditions. I must be that someone."

O’Sullivan, the first woman organizer for the American Federation of Labor, was born on February 8, 1864. photo: Leaders of the Women's Trade Union (which she helped found) in 1907; (l-r) Hannah Hennessy, Ida Rauh, Mary Dreir, Mary Kenney O'Sullivan, Margaret Robins, Margie Jones, Agnes Nestor and Helen Marot.

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