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Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Troy, 1864-86
University of Illinois Press, 1992 Paper: 978-0-252-06426-5 | Cloth: 978-0-252-01836-7 | eISBN: 978-0-252-05492-1 Library of Congress Classification HD6073.L32U58 1992 Dewey Decimal Classification 331.478116481097
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Why have some working women succeeded at organizing in spite of obstacles to labor activity? Under what circumstances were they able to form alliances with male workers? Carole Turbin explores these and other questions by examining the case of Troy, New York. In the 1860s, Troy produced nearly all the nation's detachable shirt collars and cuffs. The city's collar laundresses were largely Irish immigrants. Their union was officially the nation's first women's labor organization, and one of the best organized. Turbin provides a new perspective on gender and shows that women's family ties are not necessarily a conservative influence but may encourage women's and men's collective action. See other books on: Class | Community | Unions | Women labor union members | Working class See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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Working Women of Collar City: Gender, Class, and Community in Troy, 1864-86
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
University of Illinois Press, 1992
Paper: 978-0-252-06426-5
Cloth: 978-0-252-01836-7
eISBN: 978-0-252-05492-1
Paper: 978-0-252-06426-5
Cloth: 978-0-252-01836-7
eISBN: 978-0-252-05492-1
Why have some working women succeeded at organizing in spite of obstacles to labor activity? Under what circumstances were they able to form alliances with male workers?
Carole Turbin explores these and other questions by examining the case of Troy, New York. In the 1860s, Troy produced nearly all the nation's detachable shirt collars and cuffs. The city's collar laundresses were largely Irish immigrants. Their union was officially the nation's first women's labor organization, and one of the best organized. Turbin provides a new perspective on gender and shows that women's family ties are not necessarily a conservative influence but may encourage women's and men's collective action.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
