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- Pauline Newman, ca. 1910
Pauline Newman, a Lithuanian immigrant, was a garment worker and union organizer before becoming director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ medical clinic in New York City. Photo ca. 1910
Courtesy Kheel Center, Cornell University
Health was a major concern of industrial workers who toiled in dangerous and unhealthy conditions. In the absence of universal health protection, some labor unions developed worker-run medical facilities, including hospitals and clinics.
- “Union Health Center”, 1924
The garment workers’ Union Health Center provided care to union members beginning in 1914 and is still thriving today
Courtesy Union Health Center
- Union Health Center nurse with a patient, 1943
A nurse at the Union Health Center draws blood from a patient, New York, 1943
Courtesy Kheel Center, Cornell University
![White woman standing behind a crowded desk with arms crossed looks at viewer. <a href='carousel11.html'>1. Pauline Newman, ca. 1910</a><h4>Pauline Newman, a Lithuanian immigrant, was a garment worker and union organizer before becoming director of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ medical clinic in New York City. Photo ca. 1910</h4>
<h5>Courtesy Kheel Center, Cornell University</h5><p>Health was a major concern of industrial workers who toiled in dangerous and unhealthy conditions. In the absence of universal health protection, some labor unions developed worker-run medical facilities, including hospitals and clinics.</p>](img/ex-carousel-1a_OB11280.jpg)
![Cover of a journal showing illustration of a crowd of people streaming into a building. <a href='carousel13.html'>3. “Union Health Center”, 1924</a><h4>The garment workers’ Union Health Center provided care to union members beginning in 1914 and is still thriving today</h4>
<h5>Courtesy Union Health Center</h5>](img/ex-carousel-1c_OB11695.jpg)
![Standing White female nurse holds the arm of a seated African American woman. <a href='carousel12.html'>2. Union Health Center nurse with a patient, 1943</a><h4>A nurse at the Union Health Center draws blood from a patient, New York, 1943</h4><h5>Courtesy Kheel Center, Cornell University</h5>](img/ex-carousel-1b_OB11222.jpg)