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- Title
Sidelined: The Chicago Women's Trade Union League in the Interwar Years.
- Authors
Hoy, Suellen
- Abstract
The article focuses on Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) in Chicago, Illinois and source of inspiration to many of its young working-class members. It mentions widespread disillusionment in the labor movement, and plummeting union membership and acceptance resulted from a tradition of labor activism. It also mentions WTUL received an offer of support from Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
- Subjects
WOMEN'S Trade Union League; WORKING class; LABOR movement; LABOR unions; AMERICAN Federation of Labor
- Publication
Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas, 2018, Vol 15, Issue 4, p13
- ISSN
1547-6715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/15476715-7127238