Name: Women of the Pullman Strike
Start: 2024-10-27T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2024-10-27T16:30:00-05:00
Location: Pullman Exhibit Hall

When the women workers joined the American Railway Union and formed Local 269, they chose a 23-year-old seamstress to lead them.
About this Event

One of the galvanizing figures of the strike was Jennie Curtis, a 23 year-old seamstress working in the factory repair shops. When the women workers joined the American Railway Union and formed Local 269, they chose Jennie to lead them. This talk will focus on Jennie & Local 269 during the intense summer of 1894 up to her testimony before the United States Strike Commission.

Tickets include access to the Exhibit Hall, please note, come early if you want to see our new exhibit: From Wrecking Ball to National Park!

Be sure to visit the Pullman National Historical Park Visitor Center, open from 9:00-5:00 every day, for an overview of Pullman, the man, the company, and the town.

If you enjoy this program and/or your visit to the Exhibit Hall, please donate to support the Historic Pullman Foundation, the official friend's group of the National Park. Your donations keep the money local and help both organizations share the amazing story that is Pullman.

Ruth Lopez

Ruth Lopez is a Chicago-based writer and Pullman resident who is at work on a biography of Jennie Curtis. In addition to numerous articles, Lopez is the author of two books – Chocolate: The Nature of Indulgence (Abrams/Field Museum), and Elevated: Art and Architecture of the Chicago Transit Authority. She is currently a contributing writer to The Art Newspaper and a scholar-in-residence at the Newberry Library.