Mae Massie Eberhardt
Portrait of Mae Massie Eberhardt
Born
Mary Eliza Graves

(1915-08-31)August 31, 1915
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
DiedMarch 11, 2007(2007-03-11) (aged 91)
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Other namesMary Massie, Mary Brown
Occupation(s)Union Activist
Executive Vice-President of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council

Mary Eliza Eberhardt (née Graves; August 31, 1915 – March 11, 2007) was an American union activist in New Jersey who was active during the twentieth century.[1][2]

Biography

Mary Eliza Graves was born in Richmond, Virginia on August 31, 1915, to parents Randolph and Ida Kenny Graves. She moved to New Jersey after her first marriage.[1] After the end of her first marriage, she began to work at Orange and Domestic Laundry, which led to her involvement in Local 284, AFL, and union activism.[1] Eberhardt went on to work as on electronics for Kuthe Laboratories in Newark, New Jersey, where she was actively involved with International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (IUE).[1] In 1963, she went to work for IUE as civil rights director for District 3, which covers both New Jersey and New York.[1][2][3] Eberhardt became the first Black woman ever elected as an officer in a state labor organization when she was elected executive vice-president of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council.[1][2]

Eberhardt died in Orange, New Jersey on March 11, 2007, at the age of 91.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Black Women Oral History Project Interviews, 1976–1981: Biographies". Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America research Guides. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Sheridan, Clare M. (1992). Labor History Archives in the United States: A Guide for Researching and Teaching. Wayne State University Press. p. 24. ISBN 0814323898. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Hartmann, Susan M. (1999). The Other Feminists: Activists in the Liberal Establishment. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07464-6. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Mary E. Eberhardt". Tribute Archive. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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