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Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca (August 10 1894 – August 16 1946) was an American labor activist who particularly represented women workers in the garment industry. She was an early organizer for Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA) after its split from the more conservative United Garment Workers of America in 1914. She became a board member in 1916 and in 1917 became its first full-time female organizer.She was born in Zemel Latvia to Harry Jacobs a tailor and Bernice Edith Levinson.