Emily E. LB. Twarog
Emily E. LB. Twarog
Associate Professor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Labor and Employment Relations Affiliate Faculty, Gender in Global Perspectives Program and European Union Center, and Co-Director, Regina V. Polk Women's Labor Leadership Conference Author, Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in Twentieth Century America (Oxford University Press, 2017)
LaborOnline LAWCHA Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Bringing Labor History Alive: Reenacting the 1936 St. Louis City Hall Occupation

Every spring, over thirty women union activists are accepted to attend the Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference, or The Polk School

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Michael Hillard on his book, Shredding Paper

A Conversation between Emily E. LB. Twarog and Michael Hillard, author of Shredding Paper: The Rise and Fall of Maine’s Mighty Paper Industry

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LaborOnline Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Public History Series

Creating a Historic Resource Study and StoryMap for Lowell National Historical Park

Lowell National Historical Park (LOWE) was founded in 1978 by the National Park Service. A sprawling site that includes the historic downtown of

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LaborOnline New Book Interviews

The Violence of Work: an Exchange

According to a recent study by the AFL-CIO, on average 275 workers in the United States die each day due to job injuries

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Book Roundtable LaborOnline

A Roundtable: Eileen Boris’ Making the Woman Worker

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, we are pleased to host a roundtable discussion on Eileen Boris’ new book, Making the Woman Worker:

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The Dos and Don’ts of Staying at a Hotel, or Why the Green Program is BS #LAWCHA19

Ed: This is one of a series of conference notes from the recent LAWCHA conference. If you have reflections from one of the

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The Polk School – Women’s Leadership Development and Labor Extension

In 1988, the Labor Education Program (a labor studies extension school) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s School of Labor and Employment

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Call for Proposals Events

Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference: Call for Applications

The time has come again to recruit women to attend the Regina V. Polk Women’s Labor Leadership Conference. This year the school will

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2017 Seattle Live Blog

LIVE-ish Blog Post from Strange Career of Ind Relations

Strange Career of Industrial Relations session, Friday: How exciting! LAWCHA members are live blogging from #LAWCHA2017 at the Univ of Washington in beautiful

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2017 Seattle Live Blog

LIVE! Reports from LAWCHA Panels: Strange Career of Industrial Relations

How exciting! LAWCHA members are live blogging from #LAWCHA2017 at the Univ of Washington in beautiful Seattle. Panels are taking place in the

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