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Brookwood Labor College (1921 to 1937) was a labor college located at 109 Cedar Road in Katonah, New York, United States. Founded as Brookwood School in 1919 and established as a college in 1921, it was the first residential labor college in the country.
New Brookwood Labor College, based in Saint Paul, is education to advance the working class and build an inclusive labor movement for a more just world. We have a great lineup of classes and workshops starting soon!
Founded in 1921, Brookwood Labor College was considered the Harvard of organized labor. Brookwood saw the labor movement as an instrument for workers to achieve higher wages and better working conditions with the ultimate goal of a new social order free from exploitation and a good life for all.
From 1921 to 1937 Brookwood Labor College created a hub for left-wing and labor politics in Westchester County. The College created valuable educational opportunities for working class people whose needs had been neglected by existing public and private schools.
27 de abr. de 2022 · One of the first cooperative education experiments in the United States was Brookwood Labor College, a residential school for working class activists. Brookwood was popular with potential students around the country, but it had to withstand the constant political pressure from the major trade union federation of the day.
Brookwood Labor College, at Katonah, N.Y.; founded in 1921 in association with the American Federation of Labor as an experimental college. Brookwood was an attempt to create an alternative to traditional colleges.
12 de mar. de 2019 · In just 16 years, Brookwood produced some of the most important and effective labor leaders of the time. Brookwood, with its 53-acre campus in Katonah, New York, was the first residential college dedicated to worker’s education and was sometimes referred to as Labor’s Harvard (Muste 100) (Eisenmann 234).
