Radicals of the Worst Sort: Laboring Women in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1860-1912 (Women in American History)
By Ardis Cameron.
Description
Focusing on the textile workers' strikes of 1882 and 1912, Ardis Cameron examines class and gender formation as drawn from the experiences of working-class women in the textile manufacturing town of Lawrence, Massachusetts. She explores the role of women in worker militancy from the perspective of the neighborhood and argues for the importance of female networks and associational life in working-class culture and politics. Radicals of the Worst Sort is a study of domination and power, constructed not only at the level of economics and politics but also at the level of social perception...
ISBN(s)
0252020138, 9780252020131
