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This reprint of a groundbreaking history that traces American women’s 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.

Author Bios

Philip S. Foner (1910–1994) was a prolific people's historian, whose many works include Organized Labor and the Black Worker, 1619-1981, The Black Panthers Speak, Clara Zetkin: Selected Writings, and The Letters of Joe Hill, all published in new editions by Haymarket Books.

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Publication date: July 17, 2018

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
1. The First Trade Unions
2. Factory Women, Their Unions, and Their Struggles
3. The National Labor Union4. The  Knights of Labor5. The American Federation of Labor6. The Women's Trade Union League7. The Waistmaker' Revolt8. Repercussions of the Garmet Workers' Uprising9. The Wobblies and the Woman Worker10. The Lawrence Strike11. The Industrial Scene in World War I12. Women and the Trade Unions in World War I13. The Women's Trade Union League in the 1920s14. The Great Depression15. The CIO, 1935-194016. Government and Industry in World War II17. The Trade Unions in World War II18. 119919. La Huelga20. The Coalition of Labor Union Women21. The Current Scene and Future ProspectsAppendix: Working Women's 1980 Platform

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