Jane LaTour

Jane LaTour
LaTour in 2015
Born
Jane Ellen Latour

(1946-05-03)May 3, 1946
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
DiedApril 3, 2023(2023-04-03) (aged 76)
New York City, U.S.
Employer(s)Association for Union Democracy
Public Employee Press
OrganizationNew York Labor History Association
Notable workSisters in the Brotherhoods

Jane Ellen LaTour (May 3, 1946 – April 3, 2023) was an American labor activist, educator, and journalist in New York City who advocated union democracy and documented the role of women in traditionally male-dominated trades.[1][2][a] She was the author of Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City.[3] A two-time recipient of the Mary Heaton Vorse Award for labor journalism,[4][5] she was an associate editor for Public Employee Press, the publication of District 37 of AFSCME, and contributed to numerous other publications.[6][7] For many years, she was the director of the Women's Project for the Association for Union Democracy, and served on the boards of the New York Labor History Association and the Women's Press Collective.[8][3]

  1. ^ Elvins, Sarah (November 2011). "[Review] Sisters in the Brotherhoods: Working Women Organizing for Equality in New York City, by Jane LaTour". Labor History. 52 (4). doi:10.1080/0023656X.2011.632520. S2CID 154805335 – via EBSCOHost.
  2. ^ LaTour, Jane (June 3, 2013). "In Their Own Words: Insurgents and the Limits of Reform in Organized Labor". The Journal of Labor & Society. 16 (2): 277–282. doi:10.1111/wusa.12043.
  3. ^ a b c Leland, John (April 6, 2023). "Jane LaTour, Fighter for Women in Labor Unions, Dies at 76". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  4. ^ "Guide to the Jane LaTour Papers WAG.317". The Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Library Archives. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "UMD hosts 'Writing Trades Women into History' March 9". Workday Magazine. February 28, 2010. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. ^ "Author: Jane LaTour". New Politics. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
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