Found 3 collections related to O'Connor, Jessie Lloyd, 1904-

Mary Maverick Lloyd (1906-1976) was an American writer and activist for peace and world federalism. She wrote for the Federated Press and the Works Progress Administration's Federal Writers' Project, and worked for the Campaign for World Government, Action for World Federation, and Conseil Mondial pour l'Assemblée Constituante des Peuples. The Mary Maverick Lloyd papers date from 1904 to 1976 and contain correspondence, writings, diaries, financial and real estate documents, photographs, and subject files that document her personal life and work. less

Jessie Lloyd O'Connor was a journalist and pro-labor activist from the 1920s until her death in 1988. She predominantly wrote for the Federated Press, a news service oriented toward labor and unions. O'Connor's articles were published in a variety of national newspapers, and she spent the years 1927-28, and 1933 in the Soviet Union writing for the London Daily Herald and the Moscow Daily Times. She was involved with numerous progressive organizations, including the ACLU, the American League Against War and Fascism, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. Daughter of the pacifist Lola Maverick Lloyd and Chicago millionaire William Bross Lloyd, Jessie Lloyd O'Connor professionally collaborated with the radical journalist Harvey O'Connor, her husband of fifty-seven years. less

Author, peace activist, world government advocate and philanthropist, Georgia Lloyd, 1913-1999, was executive secretary of the Campaign for World Government from 1943 until 1990. Her papers consist of correspondence, professional writings and drafts, subject files, financial and real estate materials, miscellaneous personal items, and a small number of photographs. less