women labor union members

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women labor union members

Gender at work

the dynamics of job segregation by sex during World War II

The New York City Triangle Factory fire

2011
Captioned black-and-white archival photographs capture the history of the fire at the Triangle Waist Company factory on March 25, 1911 in New York City, covering immigrant labor, the fire, and the aftermath.

Jessie De La Cruz

profile of a United Farm Worker
2000
Presents the life of the first woman organizer for the United Farm Workers.

Luisa Moreno

2006
Offers a brief overview of the life and times of Luisa Moreno and her involvement in the fight for the rights of Latin Americans and factory workers.

Mother Jones

the most dangerous woman in America
2001
Chronicles the life of Mary "Mother" Jones, the elderly Irish widow who became famous for her power and grit as she fought for the rights of American workers and children in the early twentieth century.

Jessie De La Cruz

a profile of a United Farm Worker
2000
A biography of the United Farm Workers of America's first female organizer, Jessie De La Cruz, a Mexican American who began working in the California fields at the age of five, joined the UFW in 1966, and helped relieve the plight of field workers throughout the late twentieth century.

Mother Jones

the most dangerous woman in America
2002
Chronicles the life of Mary "Mother" Jones, the elderly Irish widow who became famous for her power and grit as she fought for the rights of American workers and children in the early twentieth century.
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