About Gladys Dickason
Lived 1903 – 1971 (aged 67–68). Gladys Dickason was a university teacher, economist and labor leader.
Gladys Marie Dickason (1903–1971) was an American labor economist. She was a research director with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. She earned degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Columbia University. She fought for minimum-wage standards in the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act and campaigned against Cluett Peabody & Company.
Early life and education Gladys Marie Dickason was born on January 28, 1903, in Galena, Oklahoma, to Linnie (née Kellerman) and Simon Milton Dickason. Her family moved to Okemeh, Indian Territory in 1904.
Career Dickason moved to Virginia where she taught economics at Sweet Briar College. In the 1920s and 1930s, she taught at Hunter College as part of the political science department.
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American labor activist
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