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Sewn in coal country : an oral history of the ladies' garment industry in northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945-1995 / [edited by] Robert P. Wolensky.
LIBRA HD9940.U5 P35 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union--History.
- International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
- Clothing workers--Pennsylvania--Interviews.
- Clothing workers.
- Women's clothing industry--Pennsylvania--History--20th century.
- Women's clothing industry.
- Clothing trade--Pennsylvania--History--20th century.
- Clothing trade.
- Labor unions--Pennsylvania--History--20th century.
- Labor unions.
- History.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- History.
- Interviews.
- Oral histories.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "A study of the ladies' garment industry in northeastern Pennsylvania between 1945 and 1995, featuring sixteen selected oral histories conducted with workers, shop owners, and others with knowledge of the industry"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dorothy "Dot" Ney : garment worker, union organizer, and business agent
- William "Bill" Cherkes : garment shop owner and garment association president
- Minnie "Min" Matheson : labor leader, social activist, and ILGWU district director
- Angelo "Rusty" "Bill" DePasquale : mineworker and ILGWU organizer and "enforcer"
- Anthony "Tony" D'Angelo : garment presser and barber
- Alice Reca " garment worker, union organizer, and business agent
- John "Johnny" Justin : garment worker, labor organizer, and ILGWU district director
- Clementine "Clem" Lyons : garment worker, business agent, and chorus performer and director
- Helen Weiss : garment worker, business agent, and chorus performer
- George and Lucy Zorgo : union printers and labor advocates
- Philomena "Minnie" Caputo : garment worker, union activist, chairlady, and floorlady
- Dr. Albert Schiowitz : physician and director of Wyoming Valley ILGWU Health Center
- Leo Gutstein : family garment shop owner and garment association president
- Pearl Novak : garment worker, union organizer, and social activist
- Betty Greenberg : mother, spouse, activist, and the Mathesons' daughter
- Labor, working-class, gender, and oral history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-371)and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271084985
- 9780271084909
- 0271084901
- 0271084987
- OCLC:
- 1121052678
- Publisher Number:
- 99984133989
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