| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 304 pages : illustrations |
| Series |
Women in the political economy |
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Women in the political economy.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Michelle Haberland -- Introduction / Sue Davidson -- Part I. Needlework as art, craft, and livelihood before 1900 -- [Part I Introduction] / Joan M. Jensen -- "If I didn't have my sewing machine ... ": women and sewing machine technology / Ava Barm and Susan E. Klepp -- "A paradise of fashion": A.T. Stewart's Department Store, 1862-1875 / Deborah S. Gardner -- Part II. The great uprisings: 1900-1920 -- [Part II Introduction] ; The great uprising in Rochester / Joan M. Jensen -- The uprising in Chicago: the Men's Garment Workers Strike, 1910-1911 / N. Sue Weiler -- The great uprising in Cleveland: when sisterhood failed / Lois Scharf -- The uprising of the 20,000: the making of labor legend / Ann Schofield -- Part III. Inside and outside the unions: 1920-1980 -- [Part III Introduction] / Joan M. Jensen -- Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca: women clothing workers and the runaway shops / Nina Asher -- Women at Farah: at unfinished story / Laurie Coyle, Gail Hersbatter and Emily Honig -- A stitch in our time: New York's Hispanic garment workers in the 1980s / Elizabeth Weiner and Hardy Green |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Women clothing workers -- United States -- History
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Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade -- United States.
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Labor unions -- United States -- Clothing workers
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Strikes and lockouts -- Clothing trade
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Women clothing workers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jensen, Joan M
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Davidson, Sue, 1925-2016
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| ISBN |
9781439917909 |
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1439917906 |
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