Women and the American labor movement
Subtitle: from colonial times to the eve of World War I
By: Philip S. Foner
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 621
Subjects: Women labor union members; History; Employment; Women
Description: An account of the efforts of women to improve their working conditions, often in the face of hostility from employers and the public and the indifference of the male-dominated trade unions, discussing these efforts against the background of the major social, political, and economic events in American history. Includes sections on the ten hour day, black women before the Civil War, the Knights of Labor, the American Federation of Labor, the garment industry, the Wobblies, the Lawrence strike, and the IWW. Also contains information on women and unions in Lawrence, MA. and Lowell, MA.

Contains primary source material.
Notes: Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 574-599).
Table of contents: title: Colonial and Revolutionary America; title: In the factories; title: In the trades; title: The battle for the ten-hour day; title: A new era dawns; title: Black women before the Civil War; title: The Civil War; title: The National Labor Union; title: Workingwomen's associations; title: The long depression; title: The Knights of Labor; title: The American Federation of Labor, 1881-1894; title: The American Federation of Labor, 1894-1900; title: The turn of the century; title: The Socialist party and socialist women; title: Birth of the National Women's Trade Union League; title: The League begins its work; title: The waistmakers' revolt; title: Repercussions of the Garment Workers' uprising; title: New unionism in the garment industry; title: The Wobblies and the woman worker; title: Rebel women and the free-speech fights; title: The Lawrence strike; title: Little Falls, Paterson, and other struggles; title: Wages and working conditions; title: The League, the IWW, and the AFL; title: On the eve of World War I.