Interviews conducted by Judith Stepan-Norris and Maurice Zeitlin for their book, Talking Union, a history of the organization and early years of UAW Local 600., the local representing workers at Ford’s Rouge plant.
Ann Fletcher chose engineering as a second career option, after teaching music for nearly ten years. Her career switch is a good example of the new opportunities that opened up to women as a result of WWII. She attended Wayne State University's…
Ann Francis, a member of UAW Local 652, was a pipefitter, recruiter and instructor for the UAW-GM apprentice program at Oldsmobile plant in Lansing until her retirement. Francis joined the Peace Corps after college and taught English in Malaysia.…
As of November 2005, Anna Burger served as secretary-treasurer of the the Service Employees International Union and chair of the Change to Win Federation. With SEIU she began with the Pennsylvania Social Services Union and worked her way up within…
In 1949 Anna Longobardo was the first woman to receive a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. She also received her master's degree from Columbia in 1952. She quickly entered the new area of analog and digital computer…
Anne Hill was one of the original organizers of District 925, and ultimately Executive Director of District 925. She was SEIU Ohio State Council Director, and is now Northwest Ohio Regional Director for Governor Ted Strickland.