Common Sense and a Little Fire Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965

Name: Common Sense and a Little Fire Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965
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ISBN: 9780807845110

ISBN-10: 0807845116

ISBN-13: 9780807845110

Edition: 1995

Authors: Annelise Orleck

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Common Sense and a Little Fire 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. Orleck takes her four subjects from turbulent, turn-of-the-century Eastern Europe to the radical ferment of New York's Lower East Side and the gaslit tenements where young workers studied together. Drawing from the women's writings and speeches, she…

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List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 5/22/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



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



Coming of Age: The Shock of the Shops and The Dawning of Political Consciousness, 1900-1909



Working Women In Rebellion: The Emergence of Industrial Feminism, 1909-1920



Audacity: The Uprising of Women Garment Workers, 1909-1915



Common Sense: New York City Working Women and the Struggle for Woman Suffrage



The Activists In Their Prime: The Mainstreaming of Industrial Feminism, 1920-1945



Knocking at The White House Door: Rose Schneiderï¿½ Man, Pauline Newman, and the Campaign for Labor Legislation, 1910-1945



Emotion Strained Through a Thinking Mind: Fannia Cohn, The Ilgwu, and The Struggle For Workers' Education, 1915-1945



Spark Plugs in Every Neighborhood: Clara Lemlich Shavelson and the Emergence of a Militant Working-Class Housewives' Movement, 1913-1945



The Activists In Old Age: The Twilight of a Movement, 1945-1986



Witnessing The End of an Era: The Postwar Years and the Decline Of Industrial Feminism


Epilogue. Reflections on Women and Activism


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index