Fonow, Mary Margaret, 1949-

Union women : forging feminism in the United Steelworkers of America / Mary Margaret Fonow. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003. - x, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Social movements, protest, and contention ; v. 17 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-241) and index.

Union feminism, social movements, and gender -- Women in the workshop of vulcan: gender and the making of steel -- Bread, roses, and rights: gender equity and the law -- What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? life on the shop floor -- Mobilizing women steelworkers for their rights -- Making waves: the calumet district 31 women's caucus -- Women of steel crossing the border: union feminism in canada -- Building feminist international solidarity in the age of globalization -- Forging union feminism and the fight for social justice.

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Women iron and steel workers--History.--United States
Feminism--History.--United States
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