New Labor Forum · 2011 · 22 citations · 11 references
Social SciencesGender StudiesSociologyFeminist TheorySocial MovementsWomen's StudiesFeminist MovementsGender DiscriminationGender EqualitySex DiscriminationWomen's ActivismWomen's MovementsGender Equality MovementsSex-based OppressionWomen's Labor ActivismWomen's Labor MovementsWomen's Labor RightsWomen’s Rights MovementsWorking-class SolidarityWorking-class Women
New Labor Forum 20(1): 33-41, Winter 2011 Copyright ? Joseph S. Murphy Institute, CUNY ISSN: 1095-7960/11 print, DOI: 10.4179/NLF.201.0000006 the labor movements. Still, the priorities of the women's movement for sex-based rights and those of the labor movement for class solidarity often diverged during the twentieth century. Working-class feminists struggled against middle-class feminists who focused primarily on achieving equality with male professionals and executives. They also battled men who sought to exclude women from unionized jobs and who denied organized women workers a full share of power in the labor movement.
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