Did you Know?
Augusta Lewis Troup
That the first all-women labor union was the Women’s Typographical Union founded by Augusta Lewis in 1869.
That she was born in New York City c.1848 - Sept. 14, 1920, orphaned in infancy and called “Gussie” Lewis, and eventually adopted by broker Isaac Gage?
That she was a community leader and was called “the Little Mother of the Italian Colony?”
That Augusta Lewis Troup was a reporter, typesetter, labor organizer, publisher and advocate of women’s rights?
That at age 18, following her graduation from the Convent of the Sacred Heart at Manhattanville, N.Y., Troup became a New York Sun reporter and also contributed articles to the New York Times?
That she served an apprenticeship as a typesetter, working for the New York Era and the New York World and at the time, Troup was one of the only female typesetters at the World?
That a friendship with Susan B. Anthony led to helping to found Anthony’s newspaper, The Revolution, for which Troup became a reporter and typesetter?
That the publication’s purpose was to help working women organize in their own interests .One such organization was formed in 1868, and became known as the Working Women’s Association?
That it was this organization that led to the formation of the Typographer’s Union?
That Augusta Lewis married Alexander Troup, the union’s secretary-treasurer, in 1874, and retired from the union, but remained active in other reform work?
