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Recommended Articles and Reports
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Online Databases
Websites
Extended Bibliography
9 to 5 – National Association of Working Women
http://www.sexharassment.net/law.htm
Website includes extensive information on the legal issues related to sexual harassment
and gender discrimination.
Equal Rights Advocates
http://www.equalrights.org/know/index.htm
ERA provides accessible resources guides on a variety of topics, including: Sex Discrimination,
Sexual Harassment, Family and Medical Leave& Pregnancy Discrimination, Temporary
Employees, Private Household Workers, and Tradeswomen.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.eeoc.gov/
The EEOC is the federal agency responsible for enforcing employment discrimination law.
Websites provides information on rights and ways of responding to violations. |
American Federation of State, Local and County Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
http://www.afscme.org/otherlnk/whlinks.htm
AFSCME has produced an excellent portal to articles on women's labor history with sections
on key organizations, leaders, stories, and industries, and including a song history
and links to other sources.
Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
http://www.nyu.edu/library/bobst/research/tam
The archives located at New York University focus on women who have worked for wages
in industrial, clerical, and service work and the professions in the United States.
This website provides a guide to archives, which includes: manuscripts, periodicals,
biographies, memoirs, oral histories, union publications, pictures, and more.
Women Workers and the Labor Movement
http://www.boondocksnet.com/labor/history/labor_history_women.html
The Bread and Roses section of the BoondocksNet website is a useful resource of articles
on women's labor history.
Women in the Workforce
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/
GenderIssues/WomenInWorkforce/
A useful collection of documents covering the topic of women and work from the University
of Maryland women's studies program.
Women in UNITE's History
http://www.uniteunion.org/research/history/womeninunite.html
A brief online history of women leaders in the UNITE, the U.S. based union that represents
workers in the apparel and related industries. |
We Were There! is a multi-media women's labor history project featuring
voices, songs, and slides depicting our sisters' struggles from the abolitionist Sojourner
Truth, fighting for women's rights to Dolores Huerta fighting with the farm workers
of today. http://www.people.umass.edu/kumna/client-homepage/
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn: The Rebel Girl. Produced and directed by Leah
Siegel. New York: New York University, 1993.
The Emerging Woman. By Roberta Haber, Lorraine Gray, Melanie Moholick,
Helena Solberg-Ladd; a Women's Film Project production. New York: Women's Film Project;
Cinema Guild [distributor], 1974
Fast Food Women. By Anne Lewis Johnson; [produced by] Headwaters. Whitesburg,
KY: Appalshop Film & Video, 1991
Free Voice of Labor—The Jewish Anarchists. Produced/directed by Steven
Fischler and Joel Sucher. New York: Pacific Street Films; Cinema Guild [distributor],
1980.
Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl. An American Social History Production.
Directed by Pennee Bender, Joshua Brown, Andrea Ades V'asquez; producer/art director/script,
Joshua Brown. Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ: American Social History Film Library, 1993.
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter. Produced and directed by Connie
Field. Los Angeles: Direct Cinema, 1980.
Salt of the Earth. Los Angeles, Calif.: Voyager Press, 1985[?], ©1953.
Sewing Our Future. A Presentation of We Do the Work. Produced by
Patrice O'Neill, Rhian Miller. Oakland: California Working, 1993.
Sticking to the Union: Life of an ACWA Organizer, Louise Gugino Shanberg. A Film by Susan Bolles. New York: Bolles Productions, 1988.
There's No Such Thing as Women's Work. United States Women's Bureau, Division
of Information and Publications. Produced by United States Department of Labor, Division
of Audiovisual Communication Services; distributed by National Women's History Project,
1987.
Union Maids. A film by Julia Reichert, James Klein and Miles Mogulescu.
Wayne, NJ: New Day Films, 1976.
The Willmar 8. California Newsreel; produced by Julie Thomson and Mary
Beth Yarrow; directed by Lee Grant. San Francisco: California Newsreel, 1986[?], ©1980.
The Women of Summer: The Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, 1921-1938. Produced and directed by Suzanne Bauman. New York: Women of Summer, Inc.; Filmakers
Library [distributor], 1985.
Coalmining Women. An Appalshop production; by Elizabeth Barret. Whitesburg,
KY: Appalshop Films, 1982. |
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/yourjobeconomy/women/
The website of the U.S. umbrella union federation includes background information on
women workers' issues, including fact sheets, interactive databases, online videos,
and opportunities to take action on current political debates.
California Labor Federation
http://www.calaborfed.org/resources/
The California AFL-CIO recently helped a establish history legislation for paid family
leave. Website includes news and updates on this and other campaigns.
Coalition of Labor Union Women
http://www.cluw.org/
CLUW is a national organization of 75 chapters and 20,000 members that works to unify
all union women to identify common work related problems and advance campaigns for social
change. Website includes information on upcoming events, local chapters, and programs.
Health fact sheets and workplace resources are also available.
Equal Rights Advocates
http://www.equalrights.org/
Equal Rights Advocates is dedicated to protecting equal rights and economic opportunities
for women and girls through litigation and advocacy. Websites includes several resources
on rights in the workplace, publications, and information on current projects.
Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/
A public policy research organization dedicated to stimulating debate on public policy
issues of critical importance to women and their families. Website contains research
reports on work and family, poverty and welfare, and other relevant issues.
Labor Project for Working Families
http://www.laborproject.org
LPWW works with unions to develop workplace policies for families through collective
bargaining and public policy. Program areas include work and family issues include child
care, elder care, family leave, flexible work schedules, mandatory overtime and more.
Ms. Foundation
http://www.ms.foundation.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=15
Ms. Foundation is a national organization that is involved in grantmaking, training,
and public education strategies to create and improve economic opportunities for women.
The section on economic security includes resources for working women.
National Committee on Pay Equity
http://www.pay-equity.org/
A national coalition of 180 organizations, NCPE works to eliminate sex- and race-based
wage discrimination, and to achieve pay equity. Website includes publications, fact
sheets, legislative issues are included.
National Council of Negro Women
http://www.ncnw.org/
NCNW's mission is to advance opportunities and the quality of life for African American
women, their families and their communities. Website is currently under construction.
National Organization for Women
http://www.now.org/issues/wfw/index.html
NOW's Women-Friendly Workplace Campaign homepage includes information updates, campaign
kits, and research reports.
Nine to Five, National Association of Working Women
http://www.sexharassment.net/
A national, grassroots membership organization that strengthens women's ability to work
for economic justice. Website includes fact sheets, glossary of legal terms, action
alerts, job survival tips, speaker's bureau, and resources for journalists.
Legal Momentum
http://www.legalmomentum.org/index.shtml
Legal Momentum, formerly the NOW Legal Defense and Education
Fund, works through litigation, education, and public information
programs. Website contains information on violence, poverty,
childcare, immigration, and other workplace issues.
National Partnership for Women and Families
http://www.nationalpartnership.org/
The National Partnership uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the
workplace, quality health care and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands
of work and family. Website includes publications, extensive coverage of relevant issues
and current news updates.
National Women's Law Center
http://www.nwlc.org/
The National Women's Law Center uses works to advance women's rights causes through
research, monitoring and analysis of public policy, litigation, advocacy, coalition-building,
and public education. Website provides information on current issues, action alerts,
and publications.
Non-traditional Employment for Women (NEW)
http://www.new-nyc.org/
Based in New York City, NEW provides an integrated program of occupational skills and
fitness training, job readiness, counseling and case management, and job placement services
in occupations in which women are underrepresented. The organization also provide national
advocacy and technical assistance services to labor unions, employers, nonprofit organizations,
and government. Website includes information on current programs, FAQ's, and important
resources.
Tradeswomen Now and Tomorrow
http://www.tradeswomennow.org
TNT is a national coalition of tradeswomen's organizations and advocates that works
to increase the number of women in trade and technical jobs and by improving their working
conditions. The website is currently under construction, but provides contact and membership
information.
Federally Employed Women
http://few.org/
A national organization dedicated to eliminating discrimination based on sex and improving
employment opportunities for women in the Federal government. Program area include:
legislative, training, compliance, and diversity. Website provides information on current
programs and advocacy, publications, employment opportunities, and legislative updates.
Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/wb/welcome.html
The Women's Bureau promotes positive employment opportunities for women, provides employer
with guidance, and advocates for equitable employment standards, policies, and programs.
Website contains publications, fact sheets, and current news.
Women Work!
http://www.womenwork.org/
National Network is dedicated to empowering women from diverse backgrounds. With more
than 1,000 education, training and employment programs across America, the organization
provides information to public policy makers and advocate for policy changes. Resources
include action alerts and publications.
Working Women's History Project
http://workingwomen.homestead.com/
Organization dedicated to promoting education on women, activism and unions in Chicago
history. Includes information on programs, current events, and archives.
Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
http://aiwa.org/
A California based organization dedicated to empowering low-income, limited English
speaking Asian immigrant women workers. Website includes information on their program
areas of leadership, health and safety, and youth development. Also includes information
on current campaigns, action alerts and publications.
Tradeswomen, Inc
http://www.tradeswomen.org/
A grassroots organization based in San Francisco Bay Area, which promotes and supports
women in non-traditional blue collar jobs. Website includes information on mentoring
program, magazine, current news, and job opportunities.
Communications Workers of America Women's Committee
http://cwa-union.org/issues/women/index.asp
CWA's National Women's Committee was founded to raise issues of special concern to women
and to develop programs and strategies to make these issues a priority in the workplace,
in the community, and in the union. Website contains information on important issues
and current events.
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
http://www.ufcw.org/get_a_union/ufcw_works_for_you/
equal_pay/index.cfm
The UFCW represents workers in retail food, meatpacking, poultry, and other food processing
industries. Page contains links to research reports, fact sheets on inequality and union
advantage, and archival materials focused on women workers.
American Federation of State, Local and County Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
http://www.afscme.org/about/women.htm
The national union that represents government workers at the state, country, and city
level. AFSCM's Women's Rights department focuses in three areas: encouraging women's
leadership, activating women's political participation, and working on issues of particular
concern to AFSCME's women members. Website contains resources on women's issues for
union and individual use, including tips for the workplace and research on issues related
to work and family, domestic violence, health, leadership, sexual harassment, and wages.
Center for the Childcare Workforce
http://www.ccw.org
The center's mission is to improve the quality of child care services by upgrading the
wages, benefits, training opportunities and working conditions for child care teachers
and family child care providers. Website contains information on current news, workforce
initiatives, training programs, and extensive access to research reports.
Midwest School For Women Workers
http://www.uale.org/wss/wss.shtml
Sponsored by the United Association for Labor Education and
the AFL-CIO, Union Women’s Summer Schools are held in
the Midwest, the northeast, and the west. |
History
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Economic History of Women in the United States. Boston, South End Press.
Balser, Diane.1987. Sisterhood & Solidarity: Feminism and Labor in Modern Times. Boston: South End Press.
Benson, Susan Porter. 1986. Counter Cultures: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers
in American Department Stores, 1890-1940. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Blewett, Mary H. 1988. Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New
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Boris, Eileen. 1994. Home to Work: Motherhood and the Politics of Industrial Homework
in the United States. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Boydston, Jeanne. 1990. Home and Work: Housework, Wages, and the Ideology of Labor
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Cameron, Ardis. 1993. Radicals of the Worst Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts,
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Chateauvert, Melinda. 1998. Marching Together: Women of the Brotherhood of Sleeping
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Chetkovich, Carol A. 1997. Real Heat: Gender and Race in the Urban Fire Service. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Clark, Claudia. 1997. Radium Girls: Women and Industrial Health Reform, 1910-1935. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press.
Cobble, Dorothy Sue. 1991. Dishing It Out: Waitresses and Their Unions in the Twentieth
Century. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Cooper, Patricia A. 1987. Once a Cigar Maker: Men, Women, and Work Culture in American
Cigar Factories, 1900-1919. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Coyle, Laurie, Gail Hershatter, and Emily Honig. 1979. Women at Farah: An Unfinished
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Davies, Margery W. 1982. Woman's Place is at the Typewriter: Office Work and Office
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Davis, Angela Y. 1981. Women, Race, & Class. New York: Random House.
Dublin, Thomas. 1994. Transforming Women's Work: New England Lives in the Industrial
Revolution. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
Dye, Nancy Schrom. 1980. As Equals and as Sisters: Feminism, the Labor Movement,
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Enstad, Nan. 1999. Ladies of Labor, Girls of Adventure: Working Women, Popular Culture,
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Faue, Elizabeth. 1991. Community of Suffering & Struggle: Women, Men, and the
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Fine, Lisa M. 1990. The Souls of the Skyscraper: Female Clerical Workers in Chicago,
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Frank, Dana. 1994. Purchasing Power: Consumer Organizing, Gender, and the Seattle
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Frank, Miriam, Marilyn Ziebarth, and Connie Field. 1982. The Life and Times of Rosie
the Riveter: The Story of Three Million Working Women During World War II. Emeryville, Calif.: Clarity Educational Productions.
Gabin, Nancy F. 1990. Feminism in the Labor Movement: Women and the United Auto Workers,
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Gamber, Wendy. 1997. The Female Economy: The Millinery and Dressmaking Trades, 1860-1930. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Glenn, Susan A. 1990. Daughters of the Shtetl: Life and Labor in the Immigrant Generation. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
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Hunter, Tera W. 1997. To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors
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Janiewski, Dolores E. 1985. Sisterhood Denied: Race, Gender, and Class in a New South
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Katzman, David M. 1981. Seven Days a Week: Women and Domestic Service in Industrializing
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Kingsolver, Barbara. 1989. Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike
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Milkman, Ruth. 1987. Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex During
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Murolo, Priscilla. 1997. The Common Ground of Womanhood: Class, Gender, and Working
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Nielsen, Georgia Panter. 1982. From Sky Girl to Flight Attendant: Women and the
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