| Radicals of the Worst Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912 Contributor(s): Cameron, Ardis (Author) |
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ISBN: 025206318X ISBN-13: 9780252063183 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - History |
| Dewey: 331.4 |
| Series: Working Class in American History (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.05" W x 8.98" (0.88 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Cultural Region - New England - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ardis Cameron focuses on the textile workers' strikes of 1882 and 1912 in this examination of class and gender formation as drawn from the experience and language of the working-class neighborhoods of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Using the neighborhood perspective to explore the role of women in worker militancy, Cameron reveals the importance of female networks and organizational life in working-class culture and politics. Unionized women were labeled "radicals of the worst sort" because, in fighting for equality, they also rebelled against traditional economic and sexual hierarchies. Oral histories and detailed maps illuminate the setting and the dramatic story behind the famous Bread and Roses strike of 1912. |
