This letter from Mollie to Carl Lieber describes Mollie's return to work at the American Youth for Democracy after losing her baby and recovering from her health crisis.
Source
Mollie Lieber West Papers
Date
1945
Rights
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives.
Bibliographic Citation
“Letter from Mollie to Carl, January 23, 1945.” Mollie Lieber West, Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections, accessed (date). (url).
In this letter from Mollie to her husband Carl Lieber, Mollie announces to Carl that she is pregnant. She also discusses the reactions of her colleagues to her decision to continue working as much as possible during her pregnancy and after having her baby. Her experience provides insight into the attitudes toward working women and working mothers.
Source
Mollie Lieber West Papers
Date
June 1944
Rights
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives.
Bibliographic Citation
“Letter from Mollie to Carl, June 1944.” Mollie Lieber West Papers, Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections, accessed (date). (url).
The correspondence from Mollie Leiber West to Carl Leiber describes the events at the Youth Communist League (YCL) convention when it disbanded. In the letter, Mollie describes the quick and dramatic dissolution of the YCL and the founding of American Youth for Democracy.
Source
Mollie Leiber West Papers
Date
ca. 1943-1944
Rights
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives
Bibliographic Citation
“Mollie and Carl Leiber,” Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections, accessed [date], [hyperlink].
Memories of the Memorial Day Massacre: Excerpt from “West Interview”
Description
Ten minute excerpt of a longer interview Mollie West gave in 1995. This section recalls her experience as a witness to the Memorial Day Massacre in Chicago in 1937, where the Chicago Police Department shot and killed ten unarmed demonstrators participating in a strike against Republic Steel.
Date
1995
Rights
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives
Bibliographic Citation
“Excerpt from ‘West Interview,’” Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections, accessed [date], [hyperlink].
Young Mollie West (nee Shieman) shown with her immediate family, Father “Harry” Shieman, Mother “Minnie” Mindel Shieman, and younger brother Louis in Poland.
Source
Mollie Leiber West Papers
Date
ca. 1926-1928
Rights
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives
Bibliographic Citation
“Mollie and Family in Poland,” Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections, accessed [date], [hyperlink].
Mollie [far left] pictured with other delegates in Moscow. The United States delegation was invited to visit the Soviet Union while they were in Europe attending the World Youth Congress in London and the World Student Congress in Czechoslovakia.
Source
Mollie Leiber West Papers
Date
ca. 1945
Rights
Copyright is held by the Women and Leadership Archives
Bibliographic Citation
“Mollie and other youth delegates visiting Moscow,” Loyola University Chicago Digital Special Collections, accessed [date], [hyperlink].