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Katherine Joseph: Photograghing an Era of Social Significance
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Katherine Joseph: Photograghing an Era of Social Significance

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When Katherine Joseph died in 1990, her daughter discovered a trove of memorabilia from her mother's life as a Roosevelt-era photographer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. Joseph's photographs celebrate the golden age of organized labor, from her iconic image of the ILGWU's Pins and Needles White House performance to her sensitive portraits of men and women at work. Her images from a 1941 journey to Mexico reveal a nation at the intersection of tradition and modernity, caught in the political crossfire between the superpowers of the day. She photographed marketplaces, artists' colonies, and Acapulco's posh set as well as a secret gold mine, a historic labor convention, American movie stars on a Goodwill Fiesta tour, and a devastating earthquake. Returning to New York, Joseph documented labor's home front efforts and the historic 1944 Democratic convention that put Harry Truman on the ballot. Suzanne Hertzberg has pieced together her mother's early life and career to tell a remarkable story that not only adds another dimension to the Jewish immigrant women's experience in America, but also preserves a legacy of historical, artistic, and feminist significance. 149 Pages.
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