ihrcbambace Inventory of the Angela Bambace Papers, 1930-1976. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, May 22, 1987 University of Minnesota Libraries December 31, 2003

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonDecember 31, 2003 English Bambace, Angela, 1898-1975. Angela Bambace Papers, 1930-1976 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 3 linear ft. ITA In Italian and English. Biographical/Historical Note

Angela Bambace (1898-1975), an Italian American labor organizer, was born in Santos, Brazil, of Italian parents. The family lived briefly in Italy and came to the United States when Angela was six years old. She grew up in Harlem, New York, and began work in the garment industry when she was seventeen. Bambace was an advocate of women's rights. She founded the first women's local of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in 1936, and was a vice president, the only woman on the ILGWU executive board, in 1956. She organized the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union strike in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1932 and the walkout of 75,000 dressmakers in New York City in 1933.

Scope and Content

Papers (ca. 1930-1976) of Angela Bambace (1898-1975) include correspondence; speeches; newspaper clippings; photographs; and publications. Bambace was a labor organizer and vice-president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Bambace, Angela, 1898-1975. International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union--History. Women labor leaders.Labor leaders.Clothing workers--Labor unions.Strikes and lockouts--Clothing workers.Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York.