Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965 (Gender and American Culture)

Orleck, Annelise

ISBN 10: 0807845116 / ISBN 13: 9780807845110

Published by The University of North Carolina Press (edition 1), 1995

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965 (Gender and American Culture)
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (edition 1)
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807845116
• ISBN 13: 9780807845110
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Common Sense and a Little Fire# traces the personal and public lives of four immigrant women activists who left a lasting imprint on American politics. Though they have rarely had more than cameo appearances in previous histories, Rose Schneiderman, Fannia Cohn, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, and Pauline Newman played important roles in the emergence of organized labor, the New Deal welfare state, adult education, and the modern women's movement

About the Author

Annelise Orleck is associate professor of histoy and women’s studies at Dartmouth College. She is author of Soviet Jewish Americans and editor of The Politics of Motherhood: Activist Voices from Left to Right.