Mary Jung

Mary Jung is a Chinese American, women's rights and labor activist who has been involved in politics and social movements with no college degree. Mary Jung was a women's rights activist and has backed multiple different political campaigns since starting her political career in 1972.

9to5 National Association of Working Women

Mary played a key role in the 9to5 organization. The organization 9to5 National Association of Working Women was dedicated to improving working conditions and broadening the rights of women in the workplace. The 9to5 Organization originated in Boston, Massachusetts, however, Jung did her work in the Cleveland, Ohio, sector of the organization.[1] Jung stated: "Working women in Cleveland considered themselves mainstream women, didn’t believe that they were feminists, but yet if you asked them what they believed in, they believed in all the same things feminists believed in."[2][3] Jung is featured interviewee on the 2019 documentary 9to5: The Story of a Movement.[4]

Mary worked alongside other women's rights activists while contributing to the 9to5 organization; Karen Nussbaum, and Jane Fonda addressed serious issues of pay inequality between men and women, along with sexual harassment in the workplace.[5] Beyond the 9to5 organization, Mary guided multiple Democratic candidates to the elective office and contributed to their campaign success. Mary Jung managed the SFDCCC (San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee), and was the chair of the Democratic Party in San Francisco. Also she appeared as an interviewee in the 9to5 documentary directed by Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar.[3]

Bibliography

References
  1. "9TO5, NATIONAL ASSN. OF WORKING WOMEN". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  2. Brancaccio, David (2021-02-11). "Inside 9to5, the movement for women's workplace rights". Marketplace. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  3. Windham, Lane (2015-09-01). ""A Sense of Possibility and a Belief in Collective Power": A Labor Strategy Talk with Karen Nussbaum". Labor. 12 (3): 35–51. doi:10.1215/15476715-2920388. ISSN 1547-6715.
  4. "9to5: The Story of a Movement | The Real Women Who Inspired the Song | PBS". Independent Lens. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  5. Windham, Lane (2017). Knockin' on Labor's Door: Union Organizing in the 1970s and the Roots of the New Economic Divide. University of North Carolina Press.
  6. "Mary Jung Archives". CULTURE MIX. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  7. "Full Biography for Mary Y. Jung". www.smartvoter.org. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  8. "Mary Jung". Emerge California. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
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