Rosemary Feurer
Rosemary Feurer

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Rosemary Feurer is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. She is the author of <em>Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950,</em> among other books and essays. She is working on The Illinois Mine Wars, 1860-1940 and a new biography of Mary Harris "Mother" Jones.
Action Alerts (Old) Labor History

Destruction of Labor History Archives at Ruskin College, Oxford

The archives of Ruskin College, pioneer institution of working-class education, have been partly destroyed, on the instructions of the college principal and despite

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Call for Proposals Labor History

CFP: UALE Student Conference, “Across Boundaries” (Deadline: Dec 1)

The United Association for Labor Education invites you and your colleagues to submit a proposal for our 2013 Annual Conference, “Across Boundaries: What

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Events (Old) Labor History

North American Labor History Conference: Insurgency & Resistance

Insurgency & Resistance. Throughout history, workers have engaged in insurgency and resistance from factories to fields, from plantations to plants, from mines to

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Global Affairs Articles

Welcome to Global Affairs

This is a test post for the Global Affairs committee blog. We encourage any and all international participation, so please send us links,

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Action Alerts (Old)

Save the Georgia Archives

The state’s decision to curtail public access to the Georgia Archives has been the cause celebre for academics and family genealogists to mobilize

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Action Alerts

Scholars in Support of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

The California Domestic Workers Coalition will be delivering our letter to Governor Brown’s office next Monday, so if you are willing, please sign

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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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