Human Resources

ID: 6580 | This file appears in: Joseph and Feiss Company
In 1913, Joseph & Feiss Factory Manager Richard Feiss created a Service Department to improve productivity and working conditions for employees. He hired Progressive Reformer Mary Barnett Gilson to head the department. In this photo taken in 1915, Gilson (left) is shown urging Eliza Kiel (center) to allow her daughter, Anna Hupka (right), to participate in the company's employee savings program.

Image courtesy of the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
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"Human Resources" appears in: Joseph and Feiss Company