Rights, Not Roses: Unions and the Rise of Working-Class Feminism, 1945-80

by Dennis A. Deslippe

Educated, white collar professional women carried the most visible banners of feminism. But working class women were a powerful force in the campaign for gender equality. Dennis A. Deslippe explores how unionized wage-earning women led the struggle to place women's employment rights on the national agenda, decisively influencing both the contemporary labor movement and second-wave feminism.

Deslippe's account unravels a complex history of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252068343
• ISBN13: 9780252068348
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"