Irene Osgood Andrews (January 18, 1879 – February 1963) was an

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writer on problems of women in industry.

Early life and education

Irene Osgood was born in

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, the daughter of Lucius L. Osgood and Mary Markley. She was educated at the School of Philanthropy in New York and at the

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, graduating with an A.B. in 1905.

Career

Osgood began her career as agent for the

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. In 1906 she was appointed special agent for relief work in the

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, and factory inspector in Wisconsin. She was head resident of the Northwestern University Settlement,

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in 1907. She became assistant secretary of the

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in 1908, working alongside her husband on investigations, including one project on phosphorus poisoning in factory workers. Andrews was a member of the Y.W.C.A. National Industrial Commission to

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(1918). In the 1920s, she worked on the Legislative Committee of the

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LWV in New York. and spoke at LWV events. She was also active in the

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. Andrews often wrote reports and pamphlets, including ''Review of Labor Legislation of 1909'' (1909), ''Tendencies of the Labor Legislation of 1910'' (1911), ''Working Women in Tanneries, Minimum Wage Legislation'' (1914)'','' ''Third Report of the Factory Investigating Committee'' (1914), ''The Relation of Irregular Employment and the Living Wage for Women'' (1915), ''Preliminary Economic Studies of the War'' (1918), ''The Economic Effects of the War upon Women and Children in Great Britain'' (1918, 1921), ''The Protection of Maternity an Urgent Need'' (1920), ''Childbirth Protection'', and ''Industrial Health'' (1924).

Personal life

Osgood married economist and labor organizer

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on August 8, 1910; they had a son, John Osgood Andrews. She was widowed when John B. Andrews died in 1943; she died in 1963, aged 83 years.

References

External links

Letter to Gertrude Weil from Irene Osgood Andrews
of the American Association for Labor Legislation, January 8, 1921, Jewish Women's Archive * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Irene Osgood 1879 births 1963 deaths American women's rights activists 20th-century American women writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers People from Big Rapids, Michigan Writers from Chicago Writers from Minneapolis University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni American women non-fiction writers