She Was One of Us - Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker

Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild. She Was...

Sommario

Prologue: She Was One of Us

1. Why Women Should Join Unions

2. Here Comes Mrs. Roosevelt

3. Practicing What You Preach

4. In Her Own Way

5. An Essential Element of Freedom

6. Pointing the Way

7. We Have Something to Offer

8. A Revolutionary Period

Epilogue: Close to HomeSource Abbreviations

Notes

Note on Sources and Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Info autore

Brigid O'Farrell is an independent scholar affiliated with Mills College, Oakland, California. She is the coauthor of Rocking the Boat: Union Women's Voices 1915-1975 and coeditor of Work and Family: Policies for a Changing Work Force.

Riassunto

Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild. She Was...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: &apos, Brigid farrell, O FARRELL BRIGID, O&apos, Brigid O'Farrell, Brigid O''farrell
• Editore: Cornell University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.12.2011
• EAN: 9780801478017
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-7801-7
• Pagine: 304
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia