Pauline Newman (labor activist)

Pauline Newman
Pauline M. Newman in The Progressive Woman, February 1912
BornOctober 18, 1887
DiedApril 8, 1986(1986-04-08) (aged 98)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLabor union functionary
Known forGeneral Organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union

Pauline M. Newman (October 18, 1887 – April 8, 1986) was an American labor activist. She is best remembered as the first female general organizer of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) and for six decades of work as the education director of the ILGWU Health Center.