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They also became concerned with the more deep - seated causes of poverty and attacked the sweatshop system , the exploitation of women , child labor , the miserable wages paid to unorganized workers , and other such evils .
They also became concerned with the more deep - seated causes of poverty and attacked the sweatshop system , the exploitation of women , child labor , the miserable wages paid to unorganized workers , and other such evils .
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As a trade union official she spent three years investigating conditions such as those she had known as a worker ... The AFL concentrated on organizing skilled workers into craft union locals , and showed little interest in low paid ...
As a trade union official she spent three years investigating conditions such as those she had known as a worker ... The AFL concentrated on organizing skilled workers into craft union locals , and showed little interest in low paid ...
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By 1919 Mrs. Margaret Dreier Robins was the only member of the board who was not a worker . ... Between 1909 and 1913 militant strikes of garment workers in Baltimore , Chicago , Philadelphia , and New York focused national attention on ...
By 1919 Mrs. Margaret Dreier Robins was the only member of the board who was not a worker . ... Between 1909 and 1913 militant strikes of garment workers in Baltimore , Chicago , Philadelphia , and New York focused national attention on ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |