Rosemary Feurer
Rosemary Feurer

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Rosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950, among others. She is working on The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860-1940 and a new biography of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
Labor History News

In Memoriam: Larry Gibson, Anti-Mountaintop Removal Activist, 1946-2012

Larry Gibson was literally the last man standing on Kayford Mountain in southern West Virginia. The 500 people who once called the community

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Call for Proposals Events (Old) Labor History People

Fifteenth Annual Women’s History Conference: Activism & Scholarship

Keynote by women’s historian Alice Kessler Harris, distinguished professor at Columbia University. Also featuring a round table discussion about the life and work

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LAWCHA News

Eileen Boris, September 6 OpEd, “Viewpoints: Ghost of Hiram Johnson is looking over Brown’s shoulder”

Eileen Boris, “Viewpoints: Ghost of Hiram Johnson is looking over Brown’s shoulder,” The Sacramento Bee, September 6, 2012. Rosemary FeurerRosemary Feurer is Professor

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In Memoriam

Alfred F. Young, 1925 – 2012

Alfred F. Young, a pioneer of the “new labor history,” noted social historian of the early American nation, and a founding editor of

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In Memoriam

Addie Wyatt, 1924 – 2012

On March 28, 2012, the labor community lost Rev. Addie Wyatt, a true champion for working people and one of the most influential

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In Memoriam

Eric Taplin, 1925 – 2012

“My friend Eric Taplin, the foremost labour historian of Liverpool, has died of cancer aged 87. When, in 1960, he arrived in the

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In Memoriam

Eric Hobsbawm, 1917 – 2012

“Eric Hobsbawm, who died on October 1 at the age of 95, was perhaps the twentieth century’s preeminent historian and a life-long advocate

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In Memoriam

Larry Gibson, 1946 – 2012

From Brad Wood, Duke University: At some point you’ve probably heard me talk about Larry Gibson. He was literally the last man standing

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In Memoriam

Eugene Genovese, 1930 – 2012

“As a teenager in Brooklyn, New York in the 1940s, Eugene Genovese recruited workers for the Communist Party. Educated at Columbia University, he

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Issues of Labor

Labor 9.2 (Summer, 2012)

In This Issue The Common Verse Joan Mazza, “Self-Portrait as a Microbiologist” Contemporary Affairs Robert D. Johnston, “The Madison Moment: Labor Historians as

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