Florence Rood (1873–1944) was an American schoolteacher and trade unionist from

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. She served as the second president of the

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from 1924 to 1926, which made her the first woman president of an

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-affiliated union that included both men and women members. In 1922, she became the first woman to preside over a meeting of the Saint Paul Trades and Labor Assembly.

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1873 births 1944 deaths American women trade unionists Schoolteachers from Minnesota Activists from Saint Paul, Minnesota Presidents of the American Federation of Teachers {{trade-unionist-bio-stub