Women and the American labor movement

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.