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International Ladies Garment Workers Union
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA; National Archives Records Administration

International Ladies Garment Workers Union

American, 1900-1995
The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union was once one of the largest labor unions in the United States, one of the first U.S. unions to have a primarily female membership, and a key player in the labor history of the 1920s and 1930s.