The Rising of the Women

The Rising of the WomenIn this landmark study, Meredith Tax charts the actions of women in working class, feminist, and socialist movements during the first upsurge of the American labor movement. From the pioneering efforts of Chicago women in the 1880s to the unprecedented New York City shirtwaist strike in 1909 to the 1912 bread and roses strike of immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and from the Socialist Party to the Industrial Workers of the World,

who earned the title of Grand Master from the Mystery Writers of America

Ours exclusively

disseminating

There are over ten varieties of cherry tree blooming in Washington

it’s the physical material itself

Drawing on extensive correspondence

Virginia Woolf

when he mobilized American industry

and cat-feeding

The grounds that are now Arlington National Cemetery were once a self-sustaining village for former slaves

reality is blurred and his vision obscured until he can no longer tell who he is or what is the truth

This collection features forty-nine powerful poems