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Author Kirkby, Diane

Title Alice Henry, the power of pen and voice : the life of an Australian-American labor reformer / Diane Kirkby
Published Melbourne, Cambridge :. Cambridge University Press, 1991

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 MELB  331.88092 Henry Kir/Aht  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1. 'Childhood in a new country': the early years, 1857-1884 -- 2. 'The sistership of womanhood': an international feminist 1884-1905 -- 3. 'Suffragizing the labour movement': working for the W.T.U.L. 1906-1910 -- 4. 'Not mere philanthropy': editing Life and Labor 1911-1915 -- 5. 'The Trade Union Woman': feminism and industrial legislation 1915-1920 -- 6. 'Tapping the untouched possibilities': educating women for industrial democracy 1920-1926 -- 7. 'Letters and a common past': the numbing defeat of old age 1927-1943 -- Epilogue
Analysis Henry, Alice, 1857-1943
Labor unions - Australia - Biography
Labor unions - United States - Biography
Trade unions
Women in trade-unions - Australia - Biography
Women in trade-unions - United States - Biography
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 237-242
Subject Henry, Alice, 1857-1943.
Kastuck, Steve.
Feminists -- Australia -- Biography.
Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
Labor unions -- Australia -- Biography.
Labor unions -- United States -- Biography.
Women labor union members -- Australia -- Biography.
Women labor union members -- Australia -- History.
Women labor union members -- Australia.
Women labor union members -- United States -- Biography.
Women labor union members -- United States -- History.
Women labor unions -- Australia -- Biography
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 90044367
ISBN 0521391024
Other Titles Power of pen and voice
The power of pen and voice