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Blue plaque № 29285

Bryn Mawr, PA, United States

Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in Industry. A pioneering liberal arts school for working women was held here on the campus of Bryn Mawr College, 1921-1938. Led by Hilda Worthington Smith, it graduated over 1,700 students from diverse racial, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds; some became

community, labor union, and public leaders. The school served as a model for workers' and labor education programs at colleges and universities across the nation.

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