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Author:

Nadasen, Premilla.

Title:

Household workers unite : the untold story of African American women who built a movement / Premilla Nadasen.

Publisher:

Beacon Press,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

240 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women household employees--United States--History--20th century.
African American household employees--History--20th century.
Household employees--History--United States--History--20th century.
Women labor leaders--United States--History--20th century.
African American labor leaders--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-226) and index.

Contents:

"Conversations" about domestic labor -- Women, civil rights, and grassroots mobilization -- A new day for domestic workers -- Intimacy, labor, and professionalization -- Space, place, and new models of labor organizing -- Social rights, feminist solidarity, and FLSA -- Women, work, and immigration.

Summary:

"Premilla Nadasen recounts in this powerful book a little-known history of organizing among African American household workers. She uses the stories of a handful of women to illuminate the broader politics of labor, organizing, race, and gender in late 20th-century America."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0807014508 : (hc.) ;
9780807014509 : (hc.)

LCCN:

2015003720

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)