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But it was too early for unionization and labor reform legisla- tion to succeed . Increasing mechanization changed factory con- ditions , and semi - skilled labor soon gave way to unskilled labor . With the start of large - scale Irish ...
But it was too early for unionization and labor reform legisla- tion to succeed . Increasing mechanization changed factory con- ditions , and semi - skilled labor soon gave way to unskilled labor . With the start of large - scale Irish ...
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Most women had neither the strength nor the fanatic devo- tion of Dorothea Dix ; they needed to work with others to achieve their goals . Temperance and abolition were the two reforms of the pre - Civil War period that seemed to attract ...
Most women had neither the strength nor the fanatic devo- tion of Dorothea Dix ; they needed to work with others to achieve their goals . Temperance and abolition were the two reforms of the pre - Civil War period that seemed to attract ...
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The first labor organiza- tion in the United States to accept women members on an equal basis was the Knights of Labor , founded in 1869. Women were accepted for membership both in mixed units or " assemblies " and in sex - segregated ...
The first labor organiza- tion in the United States to accept women members on an equal basis was the Knights of Labor , founded in 1869. Women were accepted for membership both in mixed units or " assemblies " and in sex - segregated ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |