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

Author: Karen Pastorello
Publisher: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, ©2008.
Series: The working class in American history.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : State or province government publication : English
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Named Person: Bessie Hillman; Bessie Hillman
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Karen Pastorello
ISBN: 9780252032301 0252032306
OCLC Number: 141386504
Description: xx, 273 p., [18] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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 Title: The working class in American history.
Responsibility: Karen Pastorello.
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