A Matter of Moral Justice: Black Women Laundry Workers and the Fight for Justice

by Jenny Carson

Book Overview

A long-overlooked group of workers and their battle for rights and dignity

Like thousands of African American women, Charlotte Adelmond and Dollie Robinson worked in New York's power laundry industry in the 1930s. Jenny Carson tells the story of how substandard working conditions, racial and gender discrimination, and poor pay drove them to help unionize the city's laundry workers. Laundry work opened a door for African American women...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252085892
• ISBN13: 9780252085895
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 312 Pages