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Female Union Members Challenge Post-War Job Discrimination
When World War II ended, the large numbers of women who had taken industrial jobs during the war were forced out. Employers sought not only to give their jobs to returning veterans, but also to reassert the division of labor that had operated [...]
Tags: United Auto Workers
Item Type: Pamphlet/Petition
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Progressive Era Activists Call for Trade Unions (with text supports)
Founded in 1903, the Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) was an organization that brought together working-class women, reformers, and women from wealthy and prominent families. The WTUL believed that the best way to help women workers was to help [...]
Item Type: Pamphlet/Petition
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)