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The girl who dared to defy : Jane Street and the rebel maids of Denver / Jane Little Botkin.
Lippincott Library HD6509.L4 B67 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Botkin, Jane Little, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial Workers of the World.
- Labor leaders--Colorado--Denver--Biography.
- Labor leaders.
- Women household employees--Labor unions--Colorado--Denver.
- Women household employees.
- Women household employees--Colorado--Denver--Social conditions.
- Labor movement--Colorado--Denver--History.
- Labor movement.
- Employees.
- Women household employees--Social conditions.
- Street, Jane, 1887-1966.
- Street, Jane.
- Industrial Workers of the World--Officials and employees--Biography.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Labor unions.
- Colorado--Denver.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Biography of Jane Street, who attempted to organize Denver housemaids from Capitol Hill into an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union in 1916, and how her successful but short-lived efforts were undermined by male chauvinism within the IWW"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The girl in red
- Rebel girl
- Queen of the hill
- Fiery little Jane Street
- The servant girl question
- The boys are back in town
- The maids' defiance
- Daring Devlin
- Sabotage
- Occupational hazards
- Dr. Love
- Raid
- Job-ites
- Betrayal
- Virus of patriotism
- Last hope at Bisbee
- Vindication
- The price.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806168494
- 0806168498
- OCLC:
- 1198718231
- Publisher Number:
- 99986503421
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