Belarusian-born Jewish American trade union educator (1885-1962)
Fannia Cohn
Fannia Cohn, from a 1915 publication
Born
(1885-05-05)May 5, 1885
Kletsk, Belarus
Died
December 24, 1962(1962-12-24) (aged 77)
New York, New York, US
Occupation(s)
Labor organizer, union leader
Fannia Mary Cohn (April 5, 1885 – December 24, 1962) was a leading figure in the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) during the first half of the 20th century. She is remembered as one of the pioneers of the workers' education movement in the United States and as a prolific author on the theme of trade union education.
Fannia Mary Cohn (April 5, 1885 – December 24, 1962) was a leading figure in the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) during the first...
conference at Brookwood. Among those present at the conference were FanniaCohn, education director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union;...
focuses on four Jewish-American women activists, Rose Schneiderman, FanniaCohn, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, and Pauline Newman. Her book Storming Caesar's...
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911 Clara Lemlich Rose Schneiderman FanniaCohn ILGWU Carola Woerishoffer 1907 New York City Rent Strike "Sweatshop Tragedy...
included labor leaders such as Mary Anderson from the U.S. Women's Bureau, FanniaCohn from the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and Rose Schneiderman...
associated with Labor Age were A. J. Muste, James Maurer, Harry W. Laidler, FanniaCohn, and Louis Budenz. Other contributors of the December 1931 issue included...
of the union in 1934 (only the third woman to be so chosen, following FanniaCohn). In Montreal in 1937, her efforts included work to transform the nascent...
Priscus in which he details the symptoms of phthisis as he saw them in Fannia: The attacks of fever stick to her, her cough grows upon her, she is in...
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