Working Women of Collar City

Working Women of Collar City
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780252054921
ISBN-13 : 025205492X
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Book Synopsis Working Women of Collar City by : Carole Turbin

Download or read book Working Women of Collar City written by Carole Turbin and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-02-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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