A Needle, a bobbin, a strike women needleworkers in America
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia
Temple University Press
1984, 1984
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| Series: | Women in the political economy
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Foreword / Michelle Haberland
- Introduction / Sue Davidson
- Part I. Needlework as art, craft, and livelihood before 1900
- [Part I Introduction] / Joan M. Jensen
- "If I didn't have my sewing machine ... ": women and sewing machine technology / Ava Barm and Susan E. Klepp
- "A paradise of fashion": A.T. Stewart's Department Store, 1862-1875 / Deborah S. Gardner
- Part II. The great uprisings: 1900-1920
- [Part II Introduction] ; The great uprising in Rochester / Joan M. Jensen
- The uprising in Chicago: the Men's Garment Workers Strike, 1910-1911 / N. Sue Weiler
- The great uprising in Cleveland: when sisterhood failed / Lois Scharf
- The uprising of the 20,000: the making of labor legend / Ann Schofield
- Part III. Inside and outside the unions: 1920-1980
- [Part III Introduction] / Joan M. Jensen
- Dorothy Jacobs Bellanca: women clothing workers and the runaway shops / Nina Asher
- Women at Farah: at unfinished story / Laurie Coyle, Gail Hersbatter and Emily Honig
- A stitch in our time: New York's Hispanic garment workers in the 1980s / Elizabeth Weiner and Hardy Green