Glenn Scott was a labor organizer, socialist feminist, and advocate for housing rights. Her union work included the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), American Clothing & Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the merger of AFT and National Education Association (NEA), to form Education Austin, the Texas AFL-CIO, National Nurses United (NNU), and Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA).  Glenn will be inducted into the Texas Labor Hall of Fame in January 2026.

Glenn was a board member of the Bread and Roses School for Socialist Education as well as an original 1982 board member of the newly created Democratic Socialists of America. Glenn was the director of the Austin Texas Tenants Rights Union. She co-founded and served as Board chair for decades of People’s History in Texas, a non-profit 501(c)(3) research and publishing organization that brings to life the stories of people and social movements left out of the history books.

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