Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices, 1915-1975 - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0813522684 ISBN 13: 9780813522685

Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr, 1996

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Rocking the Boat recognizes the strong, committed women who helped to build the American labor movement. Through the stories of eleven women from a wide range of backgrounds, we experience the turmoil, hardships, and accomplishments of thousands of other union women activists through the period spanning the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the McCarthy era, the civil rights movement, and the women's movement.

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These two collections of oral histories document women's activities in the labor movements of the 20th century. Both books omit the questions posed and construct a seamless narrative of the women's words, broken only by short paragraphs of textual explanation or introductory remarks. Both contain remarkable stories. Moore's collection highlights the struggle of women to work in the mines for equal pay and equal respect. The women relate their experiences working in the mines (both company and family-owned) and recall strikes, union activities, and family hardships. Testimony is drawn from both union members and union activists; from whites, African Americans, and Native Americans; and primarily from the Appalachian region. Moore, a former miner and associate editor of the United Mine Worker's Journal, has produced an astounding collection that gives the scholar and casual reader alike an important view of women's lives. O'Farrell and Kornbluh's collection is smaller?only 11 women to Moore's 25?with a wider range. The authors interviewed women activists from such unions as the American Federation of Teachers, International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union, and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Both academics, the authors find common themes of women in unions such as the need for education, federal involvement, and women's participation and the importance of women in leadership positions and cross-union solidarity. This collection is a more academic treatment than Moore's volume, which may be the better choice for most libraries. Where affordable, both volumes are highly recommended for all libraries.?Jenny Presnell, Miami Univ. Libs., Oxford, Ohio
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About this edition

• Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0813522684
• ISBN 13: 9780813522685
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 317
• Editor: O'Farrell Brigid, Kornbluh Joyce L.