Household workers unite : the untold story of African American women who built a movement

Household workers unite : the untold story of African American women who built a movement /

"Premilla Nadasen recounts in this powerful book a little-known history of organizing among African American household workers. She uses the stories of a handful of women to illuminate the broader politics of labor, organizing, race, and gender in late 20th-century America. At the crossroads of...

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Main Author: Nadasen, Premilla (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2015]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Women household employees > United States > History > 20th century.
African American household employees > History > 20th century.
Household employees > Labor unions > United States > History > 20th century.
Women labor leaders > United States > History > 20th century.
African American labor leaders > United States > History > 20th century.
Household employees > Labor unions > 20th century. > United States.
African American labor leaders > History > 20th century. > United States.
Women household employees > History > 20th century. > United States.
Household employees > History > 20th century. > United States.
Women labor leaders > History > 20th century. > United States.
Employées de maison > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Employés de maison noirs américains > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Employés de maison > Syndicats > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Dirigeantes syndicales > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Dirigeants syndicaux noirs américains > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
African American household employees.
African American labor leaders.
Household employees > Labor unions.
Women household employees.
Women labor leaders.
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United States.
USA.
Nonfiction.
History.

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