Rights, not roses
Subtitle: unions and the rise of working-class feminism, 1945-80
By: Dennis A. Deslippe.
Series: The working class in American history
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Women labor union members -- United States; Equal pay for equal work -- United States; Sex discrimination against women -- United States; Sex discrimination in employment -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-252) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beyond the doldrums : postwar organized labor and "women's issues," 1945-63; title: Prospects for equality : union women, equal pay legislation, and national politics, 1945-63; title: The roots of discontent : gender relations in the United Packinghouse Workers, 1945-63; title: Accounting for equality : gender relations in the International Union of Electrical Workers, 1945-63; title: Organized labor, national politics, and gender equality, 1964-75; title: Rank-and-file militancy in the service of anti-equality : Title VII and the United Packinghouse Workers, 1964-75; title: "A genuine good faith effort" : women and equal employment opportunity in the International Union of Electrical Workers, 1964-80; title: Conclusion : from equality to equity.