Description:
This reprint of a groundbreaking history that traces American women's struggle for freedom, equality and unity in the labor movement follows the triumphs and set backs of this fight from the early Colonial labor associations to the late twentieth century.
Women and the American Labor Movement gives voice to the women who had to battle on the shop floor and in the union movement for dignity and respect and who through courage and tenacity won significant victories in struggle for equal rights.
Brief description:
Philip S. Foner (1910-1994) was an American historian and professor. He wrote and edited more than a hundred books, including the ten-volume History of the Labor Movement in the United States and The Black Panthers Speak.
Review Quotes:
"An indispensable reference work for anyone interested in the history of the women's movement in the United States."-Wall Street Review