Cathryn J. Prince
Adjunct professor of journalism and biographer; author of For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman, discussing Pauline Newman's life and labor organizing.
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Mar 27, 2026 • 53min
Cathryn J. Prince, "For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman" (U Illinois Press, 2026)
Cathryn J. Prince, adjunct journalism professor and biographer, discusses Pauline Newman, a pioneering labor organizer who rose from immigrant sweatshops to shape the ILGWU. The conversation covers Newman's early immigrant struggles, youth organizing and the 1909 garment strike, the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire's impact, her role as a rare woman organizer, lifelong partnership with Frida Miller, and her influence on labor policy and worker health.
Mar 26, 2026 • 53min
Cathryn J. Prince, "For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman" (U Illinois Press, 2026)
Cathryn J. Prince, author and Fordham journalism adjunct, profiles labor leader Pauline Newman. Conversation traces Newman’s immigrant sweatshop childhood, pioneering union organizing, the impact of the Triangle fire, her long relationship with Frida Miller, and decades of work on worker health, safety, and postwar labor rebuilding. Short, vivid stories reveal the people and struggles behind major labor reforms.
