Career
Valesh was an activist for, and reported on conditions of laborers in Minnesota"s garment factories. She was also a speaker for the Knights of Labor movement and the National Farmer"s Alliance. 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.
In 1891, Eva married labor politician and trade unionist Frank Valesh.
In 1906, she moved to New York to work for William Randolph Hearst"s New York American. She wrote on issues of child labor, citizenship and working women, and also worked as an organizer and public speaker.