| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In an effort to get their rightful due as producers, the young women and men who worked in the hosiery mills of Kensington, the working class heart of Philadelphia, organized the American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers (AFFFHW), a movement that swept Philadelphia and eventually had a significant impact on the creation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, the New Deal, and labor feminism. In the first history of this remarkable union, Sharon McConnell-Sidorick tells the story of how radical socialist unionists explicitly tapped into Jazz Age culture to build a militant youth movement whose young men and women continued dancing, partying, and flouting Prohibition while at the same time attending labor education sessions and engaging in battles with police"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: A Community of Labor; Chapter Two: The Evolution of a Fighting Union; Chapter Three: From Jazz Babies to Youth Militants; Chapter Four: The Firebrands of the Union: Hosiery's Labor Feminists; Chapter Five: Martyrs and Working-Class Heroes in the Great Depression; Chapter Six: Storming the Bastille: The Triumph of Social Justice Unionism; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P ; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers.
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American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers. |
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Hosiery workers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century.
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Hosiery workers. |
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Strikes and lockouts -- Hosiery industry -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century.
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Strikes and lockouts -- Hosiery industry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McConnell-Sidorick, Sharon. Silk stockings and socialism. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017] 9781469632940 (DLC) 2016036381 (OCoLC)956501065 |
| ISBN |
9781469632964 (electronic book) |
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1469632969 (electronic book) |
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9781469632971 (electronic book) |
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1469632977 (electronic book) |
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9781469632940 |
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1469632942 |
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9781469632957 |
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1469632950 |
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