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Author Cobble, Dorothy Sue

Title Dishing It Out : Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth Century
Published Baltimore : University of Illinois Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (367 pages)
Series The Working Class in American History
Working class in American history.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: The Occupational Community of Waitressing; 1. The Rise of Waitressing: Feminization, Expansion, and Respectability; 2. Work Conditions and Work Culture; Part 2: Watresses Turn to Economic and Political Organization; 3. The Emergence and Survival of Waitress Unionism, 1900-1930; 4. The Flush of Victory, 1930-55; Part 3: The Waitress as Craft Unionist; 5. Uplifting the Sisters in the Craft; 6. Waitress Unionism: Rethinking Categories; Part 4: Controversies over Gender; 7. ""Women's Place"" in the Industry
8. ""Women's Place"" in the UnionEpilogue; Appendix; Abbreviations Used in the Notes; Notes; Index; A Note on the Author
Summary This book will expand our understanding of feminism and unionism by including the gender conscious perspectives of working women
Notes Print version record
Subject Waitresses -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Waitresses -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Women labor union members -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Waitresses
Women labor union members
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780252096235
0252096231