Mary McGough Oral History
Item
Identifier: LOH002222
Collection consists of an interview transcript. McGough discusses her background, career as an educator and administrator, and, especially, her labor involvement, including the St. Paul Public School teachers' strike of 1946, which she co-led with Lettisha Henderson in response to inadequate education funding and substandard school building conditions. Also discussed are her delegacy to AFT and NEA national conventions and the merger of the St. Paul men's and women's locals to form the St. Paul Federation of Teachers. The transcript includes extensive genealogical and background information added later by McGough family members.
Dates
- 1970-10-01
Creator
- East, Dennis (Interviewer, Person)
Language of Materials
Material entirely in English.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Use
Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library
RESTRICTIONS: Due to the personal nature of oral history, the Library prohibits use of the material in any way that infringes on individual right to privacy, or results in libelous statements or slander, in accordance with U.S. law.
Permission to publish or quote from the added materials must be obtained from the creators or copyright holders.
Rules for Use of Archival Materials.
RESTRICTIONS: Due to the personal nature of oral history, the Library prohibits use of the material in any way that infringes on individual right to privacy, or results in libelous statements or slander, in accordance with U.S. law.
Permission to publish or quote from the added materials must be obtained from the creators or copyright holders.
Extent
10.5 MB Megabytes ((2 files). ) : Consists of an MS Word document and a PDF.
Abstract
In 1970, Dennis East and Donald Haynes of the Reuther Library and Jim Robinson of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers interviewed educator and labor leader Mary McGough, a founding member of the American Federation of Teachers local in St. Paul and co-organizer of the nation's first organized teachers' strike. Collection consists of an interview transcript. McGough discusses her background, career as an educator and administrator, and, especially, her labor involvement, including the St. Paul Public School teachers' strike of 1946, which she co-led with Lettisha Henderson in response to inadequate education funding and substandard school building conditions. Also discussed are her delegacy to AFT and NEA national conventions and the merger of the St. Paul men's and women's locals to form the St. Paul Federation of Teachers. The transcript includes extensive genealogical and background information added later by McGough family members.
History
In 1970, Dennis East and Donald Haynes of the Reuther Library and Jim Robinson of the St. Paul Federation of Teachers interviewed educator and labor leader Mary McGough, a founding member of the American Federation of Teachers local in St. Paul and co-organizer of the nation's first organized teachers' strike.
Acquisition
Donated by Dennis East, Walter P. Reuther Library, in or after 1970, with later additions by McGough family members.
Processing History
Processed and finding aid written by Rebecca Bizonet on October 19, 2016.
- American Federation of Teachers
- Labor unions -- Organizing
- Minnesota Education Association
- Oral histories
- St. Paul Federation of Teachers (Saint Paul, Minn.)
- St. Paul Federation of Women Teachers (Saint Paul, Minn.)
- Strikes and lockouts --Teachers
- Teachers
- Teachers' unions
- Transcripts
- Women in the labor movement
- Women labor leaders
Creator
- East, Dennis (Interviewer, Person)
- Haynes, Donald (Interviewer, Person)
- McGough, Mary (Interviewee, Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Mary McGough Oral History
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Processed by Rebecca Bizonet.
- Date
- 2016-10-19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Sponsor
- Description made possible by funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Repository Details
Part of the Walter P. Reuther Library Repository
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