McDowell headed the settlement house in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago. A contemporary of Jane Addams.
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A list of historical events that happened in the month of May.
An account of the labor parade in New York City (and the secret reason why it was held) which became the first Labor Day Parade.
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- Live Off Work, Not Off Workers
- Jacqueline B. Vaughn
- Samuel Gompers
- Rabbi Jacob Weinstein
- When Art Speaks Labor's Language
- 2003 Union Hall of Honors Dinner
- 2002 Union Hall of Honors Dinner
- ILHS Union Hall of Honor 2009
- We owe them a great debt – Cherry Mine centennial
- William J. (Bill) Adelman Remembered
- Report on ILHS-CFL May Day Event
- Franklin Rosemont Remembered
- A Glorious Labor Day 2008 in Pullman
- Powerful Memorial Unveiled in Virden
- ILHS Union Hall of Honor 2006
- ILHS Union Hall of Honor 2005
- Great May Day Celebration
- The Labor Trail Unveiled
- The Rev. Martin Mangan posthumously inducted into the Illinois Labor History Society's Union Hall of Honor
- The ILHS at 35! A Report from the Annual Awards Dinner
- Haymarket Memorial Dedicated
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"And I long to see the day when Labor will have the destiny of the nation in her own hands and she will stand as a united force and show the world what the workers can do." --- Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, 1830-1930
Illinois Labor History Society