Eva Valesh

Eva McDonald Valesh was an American journalist and labor rights activist. Valesh was an activist for, and reported on conditions of laborers in Minnesotas garment factories. She was also a speaker for the Knights of Labor movement and the National Farmers Alliance.

Eva McDonald was born in Maine in 1866, and moved with her parents to the Twin Cities, where she attended high school. After high school, she trained as a typewriter and went on to work as a journalist for the Saint Paul Globe and later for the Minneapolis Tribune.

Source: Wikipedia