Feminism and the Labor Movement

2011/02/01 by Eileen Boris, Annelise Orleck · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Health Professions · #Labor Movements and Unions #Employment and Welfare Studies #International Labor and Employment Law

paper · doi:10.4179/nlf.201.0000006

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Abstract

New Labor Forum 20(1): 33-41, Winter 2011 Copyright ? Joseph S. Murphy Institute, CUNY ISSN: 1095-7960/11 print, DOI: 10.4179/NLF.201.0000006 the labor movements. Still, the priorities of the women's movement for sex-based rights and those of the labor movement for class solidarity often diverged during the twentieth century. Working-class feminists struggled against middle-class feminists who focused primarily on achieving equality with male professionals and executives. They also battled men who sought to exclude women from unionized jobs and who denied organized women workers a full share of power in the labor movement.

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