Blog #12

... the Cold War created forced many women’s organizations such as the UPWA, YWCA, and LWV to tone down their women’s rights agenda in .... Wyatt, a Women of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA) member focused her attention on gender equality and civil rights, later becoming Martin Luther King Jr.’s labor advisor. Simmons, a UPWA leader, worked not only to encourage women to enter the work ...