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001 2007035934
003 DLC
005 20090829085508.0
008 070830s2008 iluabf b s001 0deng
010 $a 2007035934
020 $a9780252032301 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0252032306 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn141386504
035 $a(OCoLC)141386504
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050 00 $aHD6515.C62$bA427 2008
082 00 $a331.88/1870973$222
100 1 $aPastorello, Karen,$d1956-
245 12 $aA power among them :$bBessie Abramowitz Hillman and the making of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America /$cKaren Pastorello.
260 $aUrbana, Ill. :$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$cc2008.
300 $axx, 273 p., [18] p. of plates :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
440 4 $aThe working class in American history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-258) and index.
505 0 $aBound but determined (1889-1908) -- "A mighty hard struggle" in Chicago (1908-1911) -- The founding of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the search for solidarity (1911-1918) -- Strong on the outside: the union, women, and the struggle to survive (1918-1933) -- Enter Sister Hillman: the runaway campaign years (1933-1937) -- The power of labor feminism: organizing the laundry workers and the Second World War (1937-1946) -- Union women in the postwar years: separate but not equal (1946-1961) -- Creating "a sort of revolution" (1961-1970) -- Epilogue: lifting their spirits -- Notes -- Index.
610 20 $aAmalgamated Clothing Workers of America.
600 10 $aHillman, Bessie.
650 0 $aClothing workers$xLabor unions$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aWomen clothing workers$zUnited States$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0726/2007035934.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007035934-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2007035934-d.html