A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

Title
  1. A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America / Karen Pastorello.
Published by
  1. Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Pastorello, Karen, 1956-

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Description
  1. xx, 273 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Working class in American history
Subject
  1. Hillman, Bessie
  2. Clothing workers > Labor unions > United States > History
  3. Women clothing workers > United States > History
  4. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Contents
  1. Bound but determined (1889-1908) -- "A mighty hard struggle" in Chicago (1908-1911) -- The founding of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the search for solidarity (1911-1918) -- Strong on the outside: the union, women, and the struggle to survive (1918-1933) -- Enter Sister Hillman: the runaway campaign years (1933-1937) -- The power of labor feminism: organizing the laundry workers and the Second World War (1937-1946) -- Union women in the postwar years: separate but not equal (1946-1961) -- Creating "a sort of revolution" (1961-1970) -- Epilogue: lifting their spirits.
Call number
  1. JBE 08-1761
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.
Author
  1. Pastorello, Karen, 1956-
Title
  1. A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America / Karen Pastorello.
Imprint
  1. Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
Series
  1. Working class in American history
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.
Connect to:
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
LCCN
  1. 2007035934
ISBN
  1. 9780252032301 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0252032306 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JBE 08-1761
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