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Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) to Morris "Moe" Weiner

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09414.0044 Author/Creator: Weiner, Sylvia (1912-2008) Place Written: [Brooklyn, New York] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 25 May 1943 Pagination: 6 p. ; 21.7 x 14 cm.
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Written at 2:30 PM. Sylvia encloses a clipping with her photo that is part of the news put out by SCMWA [State, County and Municipal Workers of America]. Talks about playing "Rosie the Riviter." Said she is going to be involved in directing another play. Tells him about visiting a client for work, and talks politics.

"Rosie the Riviter"- Cultural icon representing the American women who worked in war factories during World War II.

Weiner, Morris "Moe," 1909-1988
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
Dies, Martin, 1900-1972
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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