Today in Labor History December 6, 1965: Rose Pesotta, anarchist labor organizer, died. She was the only woman on the General Executive Board of the International Lady Garment Workers Union (ILGWU) from 1933-1944. She was born in Ukraine, to a Jewish family, in 1896. As a child, she read Bakunin from her father’s library. She participated in the 1909 Shirtwaist strike, and helped organize for the release of Sacco and Vanzetti. She wrote for the anarchist and labor press, in both Yiddish and English.

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