| aan | Archive of Modern Record (Archiwum Akt Nowych) (Warsaw) |
| acctu | All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (Всесоюзный центральный совет профессиональных союзов, ВЦСПС) |
| afl | American Federation of Labor |
| AFL-CIO | American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| anm | Archive of the National Museum Prague (Archiv národního muzea Praha) |
| apw ogm | State Archive in Warsaw, Grodzisk Mazowiecki Branch (Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie Oddział w Grodzisku Mazowieckim) |
| apw om | State Archive in Warsaw, Milanówek Branch (Archiwum Państwowe w Warszawie Oddział w Milanówku) |
| arz | Archive of the Labour Movement (Archiwum Ruchu Zawodowego) (Warsaw) |
| asc | American Slav Congress |
| AWW | Association of Working Women (Vereinigung der arbeitenden Frauen) |
| ayd | American Youth for Democracy |
| ccw | Committee of Czechoslovak Women (Výbor československých žen) |
| cfu | Croatian Fraternal Union |
| cgil | Italian General Confederation of Labour (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro) |
| cgt | General Confederation of Labour (Confédération générale du travail) |
| cio | Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| cisl | Italian Confederation of Trade Unions (Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori) |
| Comintern | Communist International |
| covid-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 (also known as sars-CoV-2) |
| cpsu | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Коммунистическая партия Советского Союза, КПСС) |
| cpusa | Communist Party of the United States of America |
| crc | Civil Rights Congress |
| crzz | Central Council of the Trade Unions (Centralna Rada Związków Zawodowych) |
| čssž | Československý svaz žen (Czechoslovak Women’s Union) (CWU) |
| csw | Commission on the Status of Women (of the United Nations) |
| ctal | Confederation of Latin American Workers (Confederación de Trabajadores de América Latina) |
| ctuf | Ceylon Trade Union Federation |
| cwm | Communist Women’s Movement |
Czechoslovak Women’s Union (Československý svaz žen) (čssž) |
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| czk | Czech crown (Československá koruna) |
| čnb | Archive of the Czech National Bank (Archiv České Národní Banky) (Prague) |
| disk | Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (Devrimci İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu) |
| ecci | Executive Committee of the Comintern |
| ecosoc | Economic and Social Council (of the United Nations) |
| fa | Feminists’ Association (Feministák Egyesülete) |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| gawa | General Austrian Women’s Association (Allgemeiner Österreichischer Frauenverein) |
| gdr | German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) |
| HAPC | Hungarian Association of Private Clerks (Magyarországi Magántisztviselők Országos Szövetsége) |
| holc | Home Owners’ Loan Corporation |
| iasp | International Association for Social Progress |
| iaw | International Alliance of Women (earlier iwsa) |
| icftu | International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
| iflwu | International Fur and Leather Workers Union |
| ifpcw | International Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Workers |
| iftu | International Federation of Trade Unions |
| iish | International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) |
| ilo | International Labour Organization |
| irli | Institute of Russian Literature (Институт русской литературы Российской академии наук, ИРЛИ) (St. Petersburg) |
| its | International Trade Secretariats |
| itucwwp | International Trade Union Committee of Women Workers of the Profintern |
| iws | International Women’s Secretariat (of the Comintern) |
| iwsa | International Woman Suffrage Alliance (later iaw) |
| kc ppr | Central Committee of the Polish Workers’ Party (Komitet Centralny Polskiej Partii Robotniczej) |
| kczz | Central Council of Trade Unions (Komisja Centralna Związków Zawodowych) |
| km ppr | Town Committee of the Polish Workers’ Party (Komitet Miejski Polskiej Partii Robotniczej) (in various cities) |
| kpö | Communist Party of Austria (Kommunistische Partei Österreichs) |
| ksč | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Komunistická strana Československa) |
| mj | Milwaukee Journal |
National Archives of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára) (Budapest) |
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| mp | Member of Parliament |
| mwia | Medical Women’s International Association |
| na | National Archive Czech Republic (Národní archiv České republiky) (Prague) |
| naacp | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
| NABC | National Association of Bank Clerks (Pénzintézeti Tisztviselők Országos Egylete) |
| nara | National Archives and Records Administration (College Park, Maryland) |
| nareb | National Association of Real Estate Boards |
| nawow | National Association of Women Office Workers (Nőtisztviselők Országos Egyesülete) |
| nfhw | National Federation of Hungarian Women (Magyar Asszonyok Nemzeti Szövetsége) |
| nypl | New York Public Library |
| od | Personnel department (Osobní oddělení) (of the Trade Bank in Prague) |
| odi | Open Door International |
| övp | Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei) |
| pci | Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano) |
| Petrol-İş | Petroleum, Chemical and Rubber Industry Workers’ Union of Turkey (Türkiye Petrol, Kimya, Lastik İşçileri Sendikası) |
| pkps | Polish Committee for Social Help (Polski Komitet Pomocy Społecznej) |
| ppr | Polish Workers’ Party (Polska Partia Robotnicza) |
| pps | Polish Socialist Party (Polska Partia Socjalistyczna) |
| pr | Police Directorate (Policajné Riaditeľstvo) |
| Profintern | Red International of Labor Unions (rilu) (Профинтерн – Красный Интернационал Профсоюзов) |
| pzpr | Polish United Workers’ Party (Polska Zjednoczona Partia Robotnicza) |
| rgali | Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts (Российский государственный архив литературы и искусства, РГАЛИ) (Moscow) |
| rgaspi | Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (Российский государственный архив социально-политической истории, РГАСПИ) (Moscow) |
| rgia | Russian State Historical Archive (Российский государственный исторический архив, РГИА) (St. Petersburg) |
| rilu | Red International of Labor Unions (Profintern) (Красный Интернационал Профсоюзов, Профинтерн) |
| rsp | Rosika Schwimmer Papers |
Social Democratic Workers’ Party (of Austria) (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei) |
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| sdph | Social Democratic Party of Hungary (Magyarországi Szociáldemokrata Párt) |
| sed | Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) |
| sna | Slovak National Archive (Slovenský národný archív) (Bratislava) |
| spoc | State Population Commission (Státní populační komise) |
| spö | Socialist Party of Austria (Sozialistische Partei Österreichs) |
| ša bb | State Archive Banská Bystrica (Štátny archív Banská Bystrica) |
| ša ZAm | State Archive Žilina with the registered office in Bytča – Office Martin (Štátny archív Žilina so sídlom v Bytči – pracovisko Archív Martin) |
| teksif | Textile, Knitting, and Clothing Workers’ Union of Turkey (Türkiye Tekstil, Örme ve Giyim Sanayii İşçileri Sendikası) |
| tuc | Trades Union Congress |
| Türk-İş | Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (Türkiye İşçi Sendikaları Konfederasyonu) |
| uaw | United Auto Workers |
| ucssa | United Committee of South-Slavic Americans |
| udi | Union of Italian Women (Unione Donne Italiane) |
| UN | United Nations |
| unesco | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| U.S. | United States (of America) |
| USA | United States of America |
| ussr | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, ссср) |
| uwm | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Archives) |
| úv čssž | Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Women’s Union (Ústřední výbor Československého svazu žen) |
| úv čsž | Central Committee of the Czech Women’s Union (Ústřední výbor Českého svazu žen) |
| vga | Austrian Labour History Society (Verein für Geschichte der Arbeiter- Innenbewegung) |
| vs | People’s Solidarity (Volkssolidarität) |
| wasmme | Women and Social Movements in Modern Empires (database) |
| wftu | World Federation of Trade Unions |
| widf | Women’s International Democratic Federation |
| wilpf | Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom |
Warsaw Regional Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party (Warszawski Komitet Wojewódzki Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej) |
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| wpa | Works Progress Administration |
| wpc | Women’s Publishing Cooperative (Женская издательская артель) (also known as Women’s Translation Artel, Stasova and Trubnikova Publishing House, and The Women’s Publishing) |
| ycl | Young Communist League |
| zaodrr | Collection of Personal Files of the Labour Movement Activists (Zespół Akt Osobowych Działaczy Ruchu Robotniczego) |
| ŽB | Trade Bank (Živnostenská Banka) |
| Zhenotdel | Women’s Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Женский отдел, Женотдел) |