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Author:

Chateauvert, Melinda.

Title:

Marching together : women of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters / Melinda Chateauvert.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xiv, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.--Ladies Auxiliary--History.
Trade-unions--History.--History.
Women in trade-unions--United States--History.
Discrimination in employment--United States--History.
Race discrimination--United States--History.
Pullman porters--History.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780252023408 (acid-free paper)
0252023404 (acid-free paper)
9780252066368 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0252066367 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)36252874

LCCN:

97004579

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls) — 331.4/781138522/0973

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids) — 331.4/781138522/0973

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington) — HD6515.R362 B763 1998