A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America / Karen Pastorello.
Pastorello, Karen, 1956-
2008
HD6515.C62 A427 2008 (Mapit)
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Title A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America / Karen Pastorello.
Author Pastorello, Karen, 1956-
ISBN 9780252032301 (alk. paper)
0252032306 (alk. paper)
Imprint Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
Language English
Description xx, 273 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Call Number HD6515.C62 A427 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.88/1870973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.
Series Working class in American history
Linked Resources Contributor biographical information
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Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Bound but determined (1889-1908)
"A mighty hard struggle" in Chicago (1908-1911)
The founding of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the search for solidarity (1911-1918)
Strong on the outside: the union, women, and the struggle to survive (1918-1933)
Enter Sister Hillman: the runaway campaign years (1933-1937)
The power of labor feminism: organizing the laundry workers and the Second World War (1937-1946)
Union women in the postwar years: separate but not equal (1946-1961)
Creating "a sort of revolution" (1961-1970)
Epilogue: lifting their spirits
Notes
Index.

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