Strike! : the radical insurrections of Ellen Dawson /
McMullen, David Lee.
Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Working-class poverty -- Barrhead -- A spirit of cooperation -- Red Clydeside -- The Great War -- South to England -- On to America -- Passaic -- The Passaic textile strike of 1926 -- The strike drags on -- From worker to activist -- The 1928 New Bedford strike -- Worker against worker -- A new textile union -- Southern textile workers -- Workers ready to strike -- Propaganda war -- The strike turned violent -- Deportation and the Communist Party USA -- Dawson's final years -- My personal observations.
Dawson, Ellen, 1900-
Women textile workers
Women labor leaders
Strikes and lockouts