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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780801462467
035 _a(DE-B1597)481732
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082 0 4 _a973.917092
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aO'Farrell, Brigid
_eautore
245 1 0 _aShe Was One of Us :
_bEleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker /
_cBrigid O'Farrell.
264 1 _aIthaca, NY :
_bCornell University Press,
_c[2012]
264 4 _c2011
300 _a1 online resource (304 p.) :
_b31 halftones
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAbbreviations Used in Text --
_tPrologue --
_t1. Why Women Should Join Unions --
_t2. Here Comes Mrs. Roosevelt --
_t3. Practicing What You Preach --
_t4. In Her Own Way --
_t5. An Essential Element of Freedom --
_t6. Pointing the Way --
_t7. We Have Something to Offer --
_t8. A Revolutionary Period --
_tEpilogue --
_tSource Abbreviations --
_tNotes --
_tNote on Sources and Bibliography --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aAlthough born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild. She Was One of Us tells for the first time the story of her deep and lasting ties to the American labor movement. Brigid O'Farrell follows Roosevelt—one of the most admired and, in her time, controversial women in the world—from the tenements of New York City to the White House, from local union halls to the convention floor of the AFL-CIO, from coal mines to political rallies to the United Nations.Roosevelt worked with activists around the world to develop a shared vision of labor rights as human rights, which are central to democracy. In her view, everyone had the right to a decent job, fair working conditions, a living wage, and a voice at work. She Was One of Us provides a fresh and compelling account of her activities on behalf of workers, her guiding principles, her circle of friends—including Rose Schneiderman of the Women's Trade Union League and the garment unions and Walter Reuther, "the most dangerous man in Detroit"—and her adversaries, such as the influential journalist Westbrook Pegler, who attacked her as a dilettante and her labor allies as "thugs and extortioners." As O'Farrell makes clear, Roosevelt was not afraid to take on opponents of workers' rights or to criticize labor leaders if they abused their power; she never wavered in her support for the rank and file.Today, union membership has declined to levels not seen since the Great Depression, and the silencing of American workers has contributed to rising inequality. In She Was One of Us, Eleanor Roosevelt's voice can once again be heard by those still working for social justice and human rights.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
650 0 _aLabor movement
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWomen in the labor movement
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorking class
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 4 _aBiography & Autobiography.
650 4 _aLabor History.
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
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653 _aus labor movement, organized labor, post world war II politics, new deal, us labor history, political women, labor rights, human rights, social justice.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7591/9780801462467
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801462467
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