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Rights, Not Roses: Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Illinois Pr
Publication date
October 1, 1999
Pages
259
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780252025198
ISBN-10
0252025199
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.20 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$49.95
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university press
§As reported by publisher
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Although the most visible banners of feminism were carried by educated, white-collar, professional women, in fact, working-class women were a powerful force in the campaign for gender equality. "Rights, Not Roses" explores how unionized wage-earning women led the struggle to place women's employment rights on the national agenda, decisively influencing both the contemporary labor movement and second-wave feminism. Drawing on union records, oral histories, and legislative hearings and debates, Dennis A. Deslippe unravels a complex history of how labor leaders accommodated and resisted working women's demands for change. Through case studies of unions representing packinghouse and electrical workers, Deslippe explains why gender equality emerged as an issue in the 1960s and how the activities of wage-earning women in and outside of their unions shaped the content of the debate. He also traces the faultlines between working-class women, who sought gender equality within the parameters of unionist principles such as seniority, and middle-class women, who sought an equal rights amendment that would guarantee an abstract equality for all women. A thoughtful and thorough study of working-class feminism, "Rights, Not Roses" raises important questions about the meaning of equality for working women, the connections of women to their unions, the gendered nature of equal rights, and more.
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Hardcover
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from Univ of Illinois Pr (October 1, 1999)
9780252025198 | details & prices | 259 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $49.95
About: Although the most visible banners of feminism were carried by educated, white-collar, professional women, in fact, working-class women were a powerful force in the campaign for gender equality.
About: Although the most visible banners of feminism were carried by educated, white-collar, professional women, in fact, working-class women were a powerful force in the campaign for gender equality.
Paperback
from Univ of Illinois Pr (March 1, 2000); titled "Rights, Not Roses": Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80"
9780252068348 | details & prices | 259 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $30.00
About: An insightful study of working-class feminism, raising important questions about the meaning of equality for them, their connections to their unions, and the gendered nature of equal rights.
About: An insightful study of working-class feminism, raising important questions about the meaning of equality for them, their connections to their unions, and the gendered nature of equal rights.
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