num_pages: 296
description: Counters the belief that women white-collar workers tend to reject unionization and accept a passive role in the workplace. This book takes the example of a women workers union involving Harvard's 3,600-member support staff which includes secretaries, library and laboratory assistants, dental hygienists, and accounting clerks.
language: English
title: We Can't Eat Prestige: The Women Who Organized Harvard
titlecomplete: We Can't Eat Prestige: The Women Who Organized Harvard
genres: Labor, History, Education, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 31
series: Labor and Social Change
publisher: Temple University Press