A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
- Title
- A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America / Karen Pastorello.
- Published by
- Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
- Supplementary content
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Details
- Description
- xx, 273 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Series statement
- Working class in American history
- Subject
- Contents
- 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
- JBE 08-1761
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.
- Author
- Pastorello, Karen, 1956-
- Title
- A power among them : Bessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America / Karen Pastorello.
- Imprint
- Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2008.
- Series
- Working class in American history
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.
- Connect to:
- LCCN
- 2007035934
- ISBN
- 9780252032301 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252032306 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JBE 08-1761