Anne Burlak

Anne Burlak Timpson
Born	Anne Burlak (1911-05-24)May 24, 1911 Slatington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	July 9, 2002(2002-07-09) (aged 91) East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Arthur E. Timpson ​ (m. 1939)​
Children	2

Anne Burlak Timpson (May 24, 1911^[1] – July 9, 2002) was an early twentieth-century leader in labor organizing and leftist political movements. A member of the National Textile Workers Union and Communist Party, Burlak was jailed numerous times for sedition. Based in New England for much of her adult life, Burlak was a candidate for local and state offices in Rhode Island and played a major role in crafting the National Recovery Administration's workplace standards for textile unions during the New Deal era.