Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-258) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the brotherhood story -- The case against Pullman -- It was the women who made the union : organizing the brotherhood -- Striking for the new manhood movement -- The first ladies' auxiliary to the first Negro trade union in the world -- A bigger and better ladies' auxiliary -- The duty of fair representation : brotherhood sisters and brothers -- Union wives, union homes -- We talked of democracy and learned it can be made to work : politics -- Disharmony in the official family : dissolution of the International Ladies' Auxiliary, 1956-57 -- Appendix : BSCP Ladies' Auxiliary membership, 1940-56.
Series:
Women in American history The working class in American history
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