Frances Wheeler Sayler

Frances Wheeler Sayler
Photograph of a smiling young woman in a business suit
Sayler, 1944
Born
Frances Lee Wheeler

(1916-12-18)December 18, 1916
DiedApril 27, 1957(1957-04-27) (aged 40)
EducationConnecticut College
Occupation(s)civil rights activist, labor organizer, and government worker
Years active1937–1957

Frances Wheeler Sayler (December 18, 1916 – April 27, 1957) was an American civil rights and labor activist. She worked in the La Follette Committee and for the United States Women's Bureau, before became an organizer in the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America union. She was active in the early civil rights movement, fighting to desegregate facilities and abolish the poll tax.