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Labor movement
5 Reviews
(2)
4-6
Each chapter of this well-designed book recounts an important labor battle of the nineteenth or early twentieth century and explores the role that child workers played in it. Liberally illustrated with black-and-white archival photographs, the compelling text documents these events through the involvement of specific children who were empowered by their quest for civil rights. A time line is included. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2000
Gourley, Catherine
Good Girl Work: Factories, Sweatshops, and How Women Changed Their Role in the America
(3)
YA
This informative, well-organized history traces the plight of young female factory workers from the start of the industrial revolution in America to the organization of labor unions, which fought to change unbearable working conditions. The thoroughly documented narrative--peppered with quotes from interviews, letters, and diaries--gives voice to workers and reform leaders, offering a real sense of their time. Ind.
Reviewer: Mary Burkey
(4)
YA
Great Events series.
An undramatic recounting of the Pullman strike provides historical background to the event, explains the positions of both labor and management, and details the strike's violence and subsequent legal battles. A final chapter sums up the issues that led to the strike and that had far-reaching consequences for American labor. The bland text is illustrated with black-and-white photos and reproductions. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
YA
While there's no overarching psychological or sociological insight, as into Perkins's feminism, to rivet the reader, this biography of the first woman U.S. cabinet member (she was secretary of labor under FDR) is well-written, thorough, and occasionally humorous. The black-and-white photos of Perkins, who guarded her difficult private life, seem to reveal as much as the text does. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
YA
Profiles series.
These eight biographical profiles collectively (and painlessly) constitute a history lesson. By charting the philosophical differences among his subjects, which include Mary "Mother" Jones, Jimmy Hoffa, and Cesar Chavez, the author paints a rich and full portrait of the labor movement. Poorly reproduced black-and-white photos document the struggle for social justice. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
5 reviews
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