When I do research in newspapers, I find what I am looking for, but you also get distracted by all sorts of things. For example, I was looking in Oregon newspapers from 1986 yesterday and this came up. Given the political beliefs and work history...
women and work
On July 19, 1935, leftist housewives in Detroit, led by a woman named Mary Zuk, began a meat boycott in outrage over high prices. This remarkable moment demonstrates the centrality.
Interesting breakdown in Variety about the role of women leading the writers strike. “Why did this strike look different? The people at the forefront of it really have been a.
I hate the false dichotomy above, which comes from this interview with the food writer Anya von Bremzen about her new book on national dishes, which includes a chapter on Mexican women and tortilla making .What does "empowerment" even mean, especially in this context, other...
I've stated this before, but the late 60s and 70s are full of things that almost became law, did not, and then were just dropped from the progressive agenda. Among.
On July 25, 1973, the Irish Minister of Finance, Richie Ryan, introduced the Civil Service (Employment of Married Women) Act, which ended the nation's long-standing ban on married women working.
On March 14, 1895, the Illinois Supreme Court rejected the state's eight hour law for women in Ritchie v. The People of the State of Illinois. It was another in the key moments of the Gilded Age that the courts came down sharply on the...
Being a woman in the building trades is not easy. This is the center of a very masculine work environment, with all that means. I've known women who tried to.
I am trying to imagine this extremely sensible policy in the United States... Women who suffer from severe period pain will be allowed to take leave from work for up.
On February 27, 1937, women working in a Detroit Woolworth's started a sit-down strike. This lesser-known but critically important action is one of the greatest of the sit-down strikes of the 1930s. It also is a perfect opportunity to examine how gender ideology and strikes...
On December 16, 1977, eight women bank workers at Citizens National Bank in Willmar, Minnesota went on strike, charging sex discrimination they faced on the job. The Willmar 8 would.
On November 15, 1975, Wages for Housework opened its storefront on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn. This date allows us to explore this fascinating intersection between the feminist movement and ideas.