Women and the Labor Movement
Title | Women and the Labor Movement PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Henry |
Publisher | |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Labor unions |
ISBN |
Women and the American Labor Movement
Title | Women and the American Labor Movement PDF eBook |
Author | Philip S. Foner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 623 |
Release | 2018-08-07 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9781608469215 |
A comprehensive account of the women who organized for labor rights and equality from the early factories to the 1970's.
Women and the Labor Movement
Title | Women and the Labor Movement PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Henry |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Women, Work, and Protest
Title | Women, Work, and Protest PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Milkman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2013-05-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1136247688 |
As paid work becomes increasingly central in women’s lives, the history of their labor struggles assumes more and more importance. This volume represents the best of the new feminist scholarship in twentieth-century U.S. women’s labor history. Fourteen original essays illuminate the complex relationship between gender, consciousness and working-class activism, and deepen historical understanding of the contradictory legacy of trade unionism for women workers. The contributors take up a wide range of specific subjects, and write from diverse theoretical perspectives. Some of the essays are case studies of women’s participation in individual unions, organizing efforts, or strikes; others examine broader themes in women’s labor history, focusing on a specific time period; and still others explore the situation of particular categories of women workers over a longer time span. This collection extends the scope of current research and interpretation in women’s labor history, both conceptually and in terms of periodization – emphasis is placed on the post-World War I period where the literature is sparse. This book will be valuable for scholars, students and general readers alike.
The Sex of Class
Title | The Sex of Class PDF eBook |
Author | Dorothy Sue Cobble |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2015-02-24 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0801454417 |
Women now comprise the majority of the working class. Yet this fundamental transformation has gone largely unnoticed. This book is about how the sex of workers matters in understanding the jobs they do, the problems they face at work, and the new labor movements they are creating in the United States and globally. In The Sex of Class, twenty prominent scholars, labor leaders, and policy analysts look at the implication of this "sexual revolution" for labor policy and practice. In clear, crisp prose, The Sex of Class introduces readers to some of the most vibrant and forward-thinking social movements of our era: the clerical worker protests of the 1970s; the emergence of gay rights on the auto shop floor; the upsurge of union organizing in service jobs; worker centers and community unions of immigrant women; successful campaigns for paid family leave and work redesign; and innovative labor NGOs, cross-border alliances, and global labor federations. The Sex of Class reveals the animating ideas and the innovative strategies put into practice by the female leaders of the twenty-first-century social justice movement. The contributors to this book offer new ideas for how government can help reduce class and sex inequalities; they assess the status of women and sexual minorities within the traditional labor movement; and they provide inspiring case studies of how women workers and their allies are inventing new forms of worker representation and power.
Women and the American Labor Movement
Title | Women and the American Labor Movement PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Sheldon Foner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 638 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
The Trade Union Woman
Title | The Trade Union Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Henry |
Publisher | IndyPublish.com |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
The book examines the history of women's labor organization and the relationship of working-class women to the campaign for woman suffrage.