04135cam a2200721 4500 526665646 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780807014516 0807014516 B00R047XRM Amazon b97547eb-4419-4337-926a-c0509bcf2631 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 250538 250538 250538 2138743 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nadasen, Premilla. Household Workers Unite [Libby] : The Untold Story of African American Women Who Built a Movement. Beacon Press, 2015. us history. politics. Black history. american history. American. Civil Rights. african american history. International Politics. Geopolitics. Race relations. African American. United States History. History. government. political philosophy. Sociology. political science. world politics. black lives matter. history books. political books. gifts for history buffs. african american books. American history books. black history books. sociology books. political science books. history gifts. history teacher gifts. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1321kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1320kB. History. Politics. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>Telling the stories of African American domestic workers, this book resurrects a little-known history of domestic worker activism in the 1960s and 1970s, offering new perspectives on race, labor, feminism, and organizing.</b><br /> <br /> In this groundbreaking history of African American domestic-worker organizing, scholar and activist Premilla Nadasen shatters countless myths and misconceptions about an historically misunderstood workforce. Resurrecting a little-known history of domestic-worker activism from the 1950s to the 1970s, Nadasen shows how these women were a far cry from the stereotyped passive and powerless victims; they were innovative labor organizers who tirelessly organized on buses and streets across the United States to bring dignity and legal recognition to their occupation.<br /> Dismissed by mainstream labor as "unorganizable," African American household workers developed unique strategies for social change and formed unprecedented alliances with activists in both the women's rights and the black freedom movements. Using storytelling as a form of activism and as means of establishing a collective identity as workers, these women proudly declared, "We refuse to be your mammies, nannies, aunties, uncles, girls, handmaidens any longer."<br /> With compelling personal stories of the leaders and participants on the front lines, <i>Household Workers Unite</i> gives voice to the poor women of color whose dedicated struggle for higher wages, better working conditions, and respect on the job created a sustained political movement that endures today.<br /> <b>Winner of the 2016 Sara A. Whaley Book Prize</b>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b97547eb-4419-4337-926a-c0509bcf2631&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b97547eb-4419-4337-926a-c0509bcf2631&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b97547eb-4419-4337-926a-c0509bcf2631&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)