Ben Stahl

This article is about the labor organizer. For the artist, illustrator and author, see Ben Stahl (artist). Ben Stahl (1915-1998) dedicated much of his life to serving the working class globally and the people of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania locally. After graduating from Central High School in 1932, he entered Temple University, studied briefly at Gratz College, and became a leader of the Young Peoples Socialist League before receiving his B.A. in History from Temple in 1936 (Philadelphia Inquirer 10/28/1998). Immediately after graduation he took a job as a teacher with the Works Progress Administration’s Workers’ Education Program. He joined the American Federation of Teachers and became the secretary of his local before the age of 22.
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