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Another pioneer trade unionist was Mrs. Leonora M. Barry , who became " general investigator " or national organizer for the Knights of Labor . A hosiery worker by trade , she had started work in a mill at sixty ...
Another pioneer trade unionist was Mrs. Leonora M. Barry , who became " general investigator " or national organizer for the Knights of Labor . A hosiery worker by trade , she had started work in a mill at sixty ...
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The organization sought to win the economic rights of women by a combination of trade union organization and political action . Its board of directors gradually brought more and more trade union women into positions of leadership .
The organization sought to win the economic rights of women by a combination of trade union organization and political action . Its board of directors gradually brought more and more trade union women into positions of leadership .
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American women have to this day achieved no more than token political representation . As more and more lower - class women entered the labor mar- ket , they participated in trade union struggles together with men ...
American women have to this day achieved no more than token political representation . As more and more lower - class women entered the labor mar- ket , they participated in trade union struggles together with men ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |