Labour leader, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She started factory work at age 11 and became a skilled weaver. She led a carpet factory strike (190910) and became an organizer, and later the secretary-treasurer, of the United Textile Workers. One of five women who were appointed to the Council of National Defense in World War 1, she was also the first woman to be an American delegate to the British Trades Union Congress (1920) and the first woman bank director in New York State (1923).
McLaughlin, USMC, (1928-1977), Medal of Honor recipient Audrey McLaughlin, former leader of Canada's New Democratic Party Dean Benjamin McLaughlin, an American astronomer Jason McLaughlin, the American student gunman in the Rocori High School shooting John McLaughlin John E. McLaughlin, the interim Director of Central Intelligence John McLaughlin (columnist), political columnist for the Star-Ledger in New Jersey for 24 years John McLaughlin (host), the creator, executive producer, and host of The McLaughlin Group, a long-running U.S. political talk show John McLaughlin (musician), an English jazz fusion guitar player Mignon McLaughlin, the American journalist born in 1915 Robert Samuel McLaughlin, a Canadian businessman| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same human name. |
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