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Author:

Pastorello, Karen, 1956-

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xx, 273 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
Hillman, Bessie.
Clothing workers--History.--United States--History.
Women clothing workers--United States--History

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.

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 -- Notes -- Index.

Series:

Working class in American history

ISBN:

0252032306 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252032301 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)141386504

LCCN:

2007035934

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)