women
Katie Jordan: A hero to the workers of Chicago
May 23, 2018If you ask any union organizer here in Chicago who Katie Jordan is they won’t hesitate to list her extensive resume of lifelong accomplishments.
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The First Lady of baseball
May 8, 2018There is only one tombstone engraved: "She Loved Baseball." A fitting tribute to the memory of Effa Manley, the only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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A literary visit with the Misses Zona Gale and Lulu Bett
May 8, 2018Ever hear of Zona Gale? No? Well, let me tell you something about her.
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Women workers score a court victory for Equal Pay Day
April 11, 2018Fresno County schools hired Aileen Rizo, but, basing its decision on her prior pay, paid her a starting salary $13,000 below a man in an identical job. That’s illegal.
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Even on Equal Pay Day, some women less equal than others
April 10, 2018It was once said that “the female half of the human race is doubly oppressed under capitalism.” For working-class women of color, that oppression is tripled.
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