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Common sense & a little fire, women and working-class politics in the United States, 1900-1965, Annelise Orleck

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-365) and index

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Common sense & a little fire

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Annelise Orleck

Gender & American culture

women and working-class politics in the United States, 1900-1965

Traces the personal and public lives of four immigrant women activists who left a lasting imprint on American politics. Though they have rarely had more than cameo appearances in previous histories, Rose Schneiderman, Fannia Cohn, Clara Lemlich Shavelson, and Pauline Newman played important roles in the emergence of organized labor, the New Deal welfare state, adult education, and the modern women's movement. All four rose from the garment shop floor to positions of influence in the American labor movement. They devoted their lives to the empowerment of working-class women, but they disagreed frequently and fervently about the best strategy for doing so

pt. 1. The Rise of a Working-Class Women's Movement, 1882-1909 -- Prologue. From the Russian Pale to the Lower East Side: The Cultural Roots of Four Jewish Women's Radicalism. Ch. 1. Coming of Age: The Shock of the Shops and the Dawning of Political Consciousness, 1900-1909 -- pt. 2. Working Women in Rebellion: The Emergence of Industrial Feminism, 1909-1920. Ch. 2. Audacity: The Uprising of Women Garment Workers, 1909-1915. Ch. 3. Common Sense: New York City Working Women and the Struggle for Woman Suffrage -- pt. 3. The Activists in Their Prime: The Mainstreaming of Industrial Feminism, 1920-1945. Ch. 4. Knocking at the White House Door: Rose Schneiderman, Pauline Newman, and the Campaign for Labor Legislation, 1910-1945. Ch. 5. Emotion Strained through a Thinking Mind: Fannia Cohn, the ILGWU, and the Struggle for Workers' Education, 1915-1945

Common sense and a little fire