Women Strikers Occupy Chain Stores, Win Big: The 1937 Woolworth's Sit-Down
Autor Dana Franken Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 sep 2012
"This sparkling story of intrepid young women is not just a strike narrative of the Great Depression, but echoes down to our own times. Dana Frank is always on the side of those who are willing to fight " --Nelson Lichtenstein, Director, Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy at the University of California, Santa Barbara
"Frank does an excellent job of creating articulate arguments out of a complex blend of history, economics, and current events."--Library Journal
Woolworth's was the Walmart of the 1930s. The women were exploited and sexually harassed. This is the exciting story of how they fought back against corporate exploitation and oppression.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781608462452
ISBN-10: 1608462455
Pagini: 60
Dimensiuni: 137 x 216 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.09 kg
Editura: Haymarket Books
Colecția Haymarket Books
Locul publicării:Chicago, United States
ISBN-10: 1608462455
Pagini: 60
Dimensiuni: 137 x 216 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.09 kg
Editura: Haymarket Books
Colecția Haymarket Books
Locul publicării:Chicago, United States
Notă biografică
Dana Frank is a professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author of Bananeras: Women Transforming the Banana Unions of Latin America, and the award winning Buy American. She has published essays in the Washington Post, SF Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News and The Nation.
Descriere
The first successful all women sit-in conducted by 'the counter girls' at the Detroit Woolworth's during the Great Depression.