Theresa Wolfson

Theresa Wolfson
BornJuly 19th, 1897
Brooklyn, New York, USA
DiedMay 14th, 1972 (aged 74)
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Alma materAdelphi College, Columbia University
Scientific career
InstitutionsInternational Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Brooklyn College
Thesis "The Woman Worker and the Trade Unions"  (1926)

Theresa Wolfson (July 19th, 1897 – May 14th, 1972) was an American labor economist and educator. Wolfson is best remembered as the education director of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union during the second half of the 1920s and as a leader of the workers education movement during the 1930s.