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Felice Jarecky Louria

Felice Jarecky Louria (July 7, 1900 – September 26, 1988) was an American labor and human rights activist and a New York state official.

Felice Jarecky Louria
A passport photograph of a young white woman with dark hair and eyes, wearing a dark coat and hat
Felice Jarecky's 1924 passport photograph
Born
Felice Helen Jarecky

July 7, 1900
Brooklyn, New York
DiedSeptember 26, 1988(1988-09-26) (aged 88)
Santa Ana, California
Known forActivist, state official
Five adults standing for a group photo: front is two white women; back row is two white men and a black man (center). They are indoors.
On February 24, 1938, a delegation from the Consumers National Federation submitted to President Roosevelt a four-point program seeking establishment of a Central Consumers' Agency in the federal government. In the photograph, left to right: (front row) Felice Louria and Helen Hall. Back row, left to right: Robert S. Lynd, B.F. McLaurin, and Michael Quill; from the Library of Congress

Early life edit

Felice Helen Jarecky was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Herman Jarecky and Lillian Amster Jarecky. Her father was a doctor. As a teenager she had a poem published in St. Nicholas magazine.[1] She graduated from the Horace Mann School,[2] and from Barnard College in 1920.

Career edit

Louria worked in the New York State Department of Labor, as chief of the Bureau of Enforcement for the Division of Women in Industry and Child Labor.[3] In 1936, she co-chaired American Labor Party activities in Brooklyn.[4] She was executive secretary of the Consumers League of New York in 1937.[5][6][7][8] In 1937, she served on the executive committee of the National Consumers Federation.[9] She was part of a delegation from the Federation to the White House in 1938, to present a proposal for establishing a national consumers' agency as part of the federal government.[10] In 1946, she was active in the International Labor Organization.[11] She served on the Citizen's Commission on the City Economy in New York City in the early 1960s.[12]

Louria was a national field representative for Women in Community Service (WICS) in the mid-1960s, and spoke in cities across the country about Job Corps,[13][14] saying "Good intentions are not enough, our programs must have a practical approach to be effective."[15]

Louria moved to California in 1966, and organized a Job Corps training center in Orange County. She was also head of the Orange County Interfaith Committee to Aid Farm Workers, and promoted the United Farm Workers' boycotts of grapes and lettuce. She also co-chaired the Housing Coalition of Orange County. She received a humanitarian award in 1988 from the Orange County Human Relations Commission.[16]

Louria was also affiliated at various times with the Henry Street Settlement, the New School for Social Research, the ACLU, Common Cause, Women For Democratic Action, and the National Council of Jewish Women.[17]

Personal life edit

In 1925, Felice Jarecky married surgeon Herman (Henry) Walter Louria, in a ceremony performed by rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise.[18][19] They had three children, Henry, Margot, and Ellin. They divorced in 1977. She died in 1988, aged 88 years, in Santa Ana, California.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ Jarecky, Felice (June 1915). "Evening Wind". St. Nicholas. 42: 758.
  2. ^ "Latin Plays Life-Like". Horance Mann Record. May 22, 1914. p. 4. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Students to Study Problems of Labor". Bronxville Review. November 28, 1940. p. 14. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Hudson River Valley Heritage.
  4. ^ "Wider Drive Here Weighed by Labor". Times Union. 1936-09-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2021-03-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "U. S. Woman to Put her Foot (Silk-Clad) Down on Boycott". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 7, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved March 11, 2021 – via Brooklyn Newsstand, Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Flowers on Hats Subject of Rally". The New York Times. March 20, 1938. p. 81 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ "Consumer League Fills Vital Post". The New York Times. September 18, 1938. p. 52 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ "Meat Prices on Upgrade; Talk Strike". The Times. 1937-10-03. p. 49. Retrieved 2021-03-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Consumer Bodies Form Federation". The New York Times. May 6, 1937. p. 46 – via ProQuest.
  10. ^ "Consumer Group to See Roosevelt". The New York Times. February 24, 1938. p. 8 – via ProQuest.
  11. ^ Resumé of the Proceedings of the Thirteenth National Conference on Labor Legislation. 1946. p. 40.
  12. ^ Records & Briefs New York State Appellate Division. pp. 103 (brief 309).
  13. ^ "Aide, Agency to Confer on Job Corps Role". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1965-03-19. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-03-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Hovik, Suzanne (1965-03-22). "Opportunity Ahead for 16 Girls". The Minneapolis Star. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-03-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Enders, Lynne (1965-04-15). "Goal: Smash Cycle of Poverty". The Fresno Bee. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-03-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Smith, Lynn (1988-03-28). "Humanitarian Deeds Bring Rights Panel's Honors to 18". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  17. ^ "Obituary for Felice Jarecky Louria". The Los Angeles Times. 1988-10-02. p. 42. Retrieved 2021-03-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Dr. Herman W. Louria Weds Miss Felice Jarecky". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1925-01-23. p. 9. Retrieved 2021-03-11 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Miss Jarecky a Bride; Married to Dr. Henry W. Louria at the St. Regis". The New York Times. 1925-01-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
  20. ^ "Felice Jarecky Louria, Labor Advocate, 88 (Published 1988)". The New York Times. 1988-09-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
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