Women And The American Labor Movement

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This reprint of a groundbreaking history that traces American womens struggle for freedom, equality and unity in the labor movement follows the triumphs and set backs of this fight from the early Colonial labor associations to the late twentieth century.

Women and the American Labor Movement gives voice to the women who had to battle on the shop floor and in the union movement for dignity and respect and who through courage and tenacity won significant victories in struggle for equal rights.

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An indispensable reference work for anyone interested in the history of the womens movement in the United States.-Wall Street Review

Author Bio

Philip S. Foner (19101994) was a prolific people's historian, whose many works includeOrganized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981, The Black Panthers Speak,Clara Zetkin: Selected Writings,andThe Letters of Joe Hill, allpublished in new editions by Haymarket Books.