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Description

1. xiv, 315 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

1. In this book, Dorothy Sue Cobble retrieves the forgotten feminism of the previous generations of working women, illuminating the ideas that inspired them and the reforms they secured from employers and the state. This socially and ethnically diverse movement for change emerged first from union halls and factory floors and spread to the "pink collar" domain of telephone operators, secretaries, and airline hostesses. From the 1930s to the 1980s, these women pursued answers to problems that are increasingly pressing today: how to balance work and family and how to address the growing economic inequalities that confront us. The other women's movement traces their impact from the 1940s into the feminist movement of the present. The labor reformers whose stories are told in this book wanted equality and "special benefits," and they did not see the two as incompatible. They argued that gender differences must be accommodated and that "equality" could not always be achieved by applying an identical standard of treatment to men and women. The reform agenda they championed--an end to unfair sex discrimination, just compensation for their waged labor, and the right to care for their families and communities--launched a revolution in employment practices that carries on today.

Series statement

1. Politics and society in twentieth-century America

Uniform title

1. Politics and society in twentieth-century America.

Subject

1. Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
2. 1900-1999
3. Women > Employment > United States
4. Women's rights > United States
5. Women > Employment > History > United States > 20th century
6. Women's rights > United States > History > 20th century
7. Women's rights
8. Women's Rights
9. Women > Employment
10. Women's rights
11. Arbeitswelt
12. Frauenbewegung
13. Arbeitsbedingungen
14. Frau
15. Vrouwenbeweging
16. Werkende vrouwen
17. Sociale rechtvaardigheid
18. women workers
19. womens rights
20. trade unionism
21. womens empowerment
22. history
23. trend
24. political participation
25. equal employment opportunity
26. equal pay
27. arrangement of working time
28. family responsibilities
29. Women > Employment > United States
30. Women's rights > United States
31. Femmes > Travail > États-Unis
32. Femmes > Droits > États-Unis > 1945- ..
33. Travailleuse
34. Droits de la femme
35. Féminisme
36. Égalité des sexes
37. Mouvement ouvrier
38. Histoire
39. 20e siècle
40. travailleuses
41. droits de la femme
42. syndicalisme
43. autonomisation des femmes
44. histoire
45. tendance
46. participation politique
47. égalité des chances dans l'emploi
48. égalité de rémunération
49. aménagement du temps de travail
50. responsabilités familiales
51. trabajadoras
52. derechos de la mujer
53. sindicalismo
54. potenciación de las mujeres
55. historia
56. tendencia
57. participación política
58. igualdad de oportunidades en el empleo
59. igualdad de remuneración
60. ordenamiento del tiempo de trabajo
61. responsabilidades familiares
62. United States
63. USA
64. USA
65. États-Unis
66. Etats-Unis
67. Estados Unidos

Genre/Form

1. History

Contents

1. The missing wave -- The other labor movement -- Social feminism remade -- Women's job rights -- Wage justice -- The politics of the "double day" -- Labor feminism at high tide -- The torch passes -- An unfinished agenda -- The next wave.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.