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Margaret Angela Haley

American educator and labour leader
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Category: History & Society
Born:
Nov. 15, 1861, Joliet, Ill., U.S.
Died:
Jan. 5, 1939, Chicago, Ill. (aged 77)
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Margaret Angela Haley (born Nov. 15, 1861, Joliet, Ill., U.S.—died Jan. 5, 1939, Chicago, Ill.) American educator, a strong proponent and organizer of labour unions for Chicago public school teachers. Haley attended public and convent schools and from 1876 taught in a succession of schools around Chicago. She was an early member of the Chicago Teachers’ Federation, formed in March 1897, and rose quickly in the organization to become a district vice president by 1900. In 1901 she left teaching to become a full-time business agent for the union. Her first successful fight for the union was against the Chicago ...(100 of 352 words)

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