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Sources

PRIMARY SOURCES

  1. New-York Tribune, August 13, 1919: "Chorus Forms Union to back Actors' Strike" — https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-08-13/ed-1/seq-1/

  2. Dressler, Marie. The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling (autobiography) — search HathiTrust or archive.org

  3. 1919 Strike Resolution text, quoted in Gotham Center — https://www.gothamcenter.org/blog/one-hundred-years-of-equity-strikes-and-labor-solidarity

  4. NYU Special Collections, Actors' Equity Association Records finding aid — https://findingaids.library.nyu.edu/tamwag/wag_011/
     

SECONDARY SOURCES

  1. Wikipedia, "1919 Actors' Equity Association Strike" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1919_Actors%27_Equity_Association_strike

  2. Wikipedia, "Chorus Equity Association" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorus_Equity_Association

  3. Wikipedia, "Marie Dressler" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Dressler

  4. Britannica, "Marie Dressler" — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Dressler

  5. American Theatre magazine, "When Actors' Equity Staged Its First Strike" — https://www.americantheatre.org/2013/03/01/when-actors-equity-staged-its-first-strike/

  6. Backstage, "12 Things You Didn't Know About Actors' Equity Association" — https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/things-know-actors-equity-association-12490/

  7. San Francisco Silent Film Festival, "Marie Dressler" — https://silentfilm.org/marie-dressler/

  8. Cobourg and District Historical Society, "Marie Dressler" — https://cdhs.ca/marie-dressler/

  9. Columbia Women Film Pioneers Project (WFPP), "Marie Dressler" — https://wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-marie-dressler/ (access in your browser — blocked for me)

  10. People's World, "Today in Labor History: Ziegfeld Follies Chorus Girls Form Union" — https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/today-in-labor-history-zeigfield-follies-chorus-girls-form-union-2/

  11. American Heritage, "The Actors' Revolt" — https://www.americanheritage.com/actors-revolt

  12. Half-Hour Blog, "Actors Equity Association and the Growth of Theatre" — https://itshalfhour.blog/actors-equity-association/

  13. Northumberland 89.7 FM, "Marie Dressler House Honours Canada's Women Film Pioneers" — https://northumberland897.ca/news/2019/9/11/marie-dressler-house-honours-canadas-women-film-pioneers

  14. Broadway World, "Broadway Actors and Musicians Prepare for a Strike" — https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Actors-and-Musicians-Prepare-for-a-Strike-Negotiations-Set-to-Continue-Next-Week-20251010

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