Ben H. Williams | |
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 Eleven Blind Leaders by B. H. Williams (Industrial Workers of the World publishing bureau) | |
| Born | 1877 |
| Occupation | Labor leader |
Benjamin Hayes Williams (1877-1964) was a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Ben H. Williams | |
|---|---|
| Eleven Blind Leaders by B. H. Williams (Industrial Workers of the World publishing bureau) | |
| Born | 1877 |
| Occupation | Labor leader |
Benjamin Hayes Williams (1877-1964) was a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World.
Ben Williams was born in 1877 in Monson, Maine and named after president Rutherford B. Hayes. [1] : 83 In 1888, he moved with his mother to Bertrand, Nebraska and started working as a printing apprentice.
Williams graduated from Tabor College in 1904 with a bachelor's degree. [2] While at Tabor, he played on the football team, edited a campus magazine, and was president of the Phi Delta Literary Society. [3]
He joined the Industrial Workers of the World in 1905 and from 1909 to 1917 edited the IWW's publication, Solidarity . [1] : 47
Williams published newspaper articles and authored several works on labor movement. [4]
He died in 1964.
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