Biography
Ellen Dawson was a National Textile Workers Union organizer jailed in New Bedford, Massachusetts during the 1928 textile struggle. The January 1929 Labor Defender reports that she spent several days in New Bedford jail without bail on a federal accusation that her naturalization papers were not in order. International Labor Defense secured her release on bail and dismissal of that federal charge. The report does not print individual admission or release dates, a criminal conviction, or an exact completed duration; no date is inferred from the issue month.
The May 6 Newark hearing was postponed when the prosecutor did not appear and Dawson was released on another $2,000 bond. The report traces four days in Charlotte jail after her Gastonia arrest, followed by transfer to Newark. Those four days are a component, not the entire custody total. It separately recalls a week held during the New Bedford strike before dismissal; that earlier episode remains distinct. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1929/1929-ny/v06-n051-NY-may-07-1929-DW-LOC.pdf#page=1
Ellen Dawson was a National Textile Workers Union organizer jailed in New Bedford, Massachusetts during the 1928 textile struggle. The January 1929 Labor Defender reports that she spent several days in New Bedford jail without bail on a federal accusation that her naturalization papers were not in order. International Labor Defense secured her release on bail and dismissal of that federal charge. The report does not print individual admission or release dates, a criminal conviction, or an exact completed duration; no date is inferred from the issue month. Actual several-day pretrial confinement at New Bedford jail, followed by release on bail; federal charge dismissed. No imposed custodial sentence established.
Labor Defender, January 1929, original PDF page13 (printed10), photo pp20–21.
