Geneva Evans, 1941-2018
A great labor leader passed away last month. You won’t read about her in the NY Times obituary, but you should. You won’t.
In Memoriam
LAWCHA
Scabby the Rat Down Under
Scabby the Rat, a familiar figure on US picket lines, has taken his show on the road. In the past few years, he’s.
- by Ruth Barton
- April 6, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
Engendering the History of Capitalism
Joint Session International Federation for Research in Women’s History (IFRWH) and International Social History Association (ISHA): CISH in Poznan, Poland, August 2020.
- by Eileen Boris
- April 5, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
Gendered work, gendered struggles: women’s activism at the work-place in long-term and comparative perspective
The study of women’s workplace activism advances the evolving inclusive and conceptually innovative historiography on women, gender, and labor. It focuses on a.
- by Eileen Boris
- April 5, 2018
Call for Proposals
Events
Gender in Movement(s): Women and Gender in Motion
The theme of the 2020 meeting International Federation for Research in Women’s History/Fédération Internationale pour la Recherche en Histoire des Femmes is “Gender.
- by Eileen Boris
- April 4, 2018
Events
LAWCHA at the OAH
LAWCHA will be present at the 2018 OAH in Sacramento, California. We have a full schedule of panels and events associated with the.
- by Rosemary Feurer
- April 4, 2018
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Know Your Place: A New Generation of Working-Class Voices
A literary festival isn’t the obvious place to discuss class, but a couple of weeks ago I found myself introducing a session at.
- by Tim Strangleman
- March 29, 2018
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OpEd
MLK: To the Promised Land
Michael K. Honey is the author of the new study, To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice,.
- by Michael Honey
- March 20, 2018
OpEd
MLK’s ’68 struggle for economic justice still marching on
On Feb. 1, 1968, Echol Cole and Robert Walker were crushed to death while riding out a cold, driving rainstorm in the back.
- by Michael Honey
- March 20, 2018
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A Tale of Two Futures: The Fate of the Dollar General Economy
Dollar General is everywhere. The most visible manifestation, of course, is the proliferation of their concrete block stores littering the landscape. But it’s.
- by Daniel Graff
- March 19, 2018