The Resource Gateway to equality : Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis, Keona K. Ervin
Gateway to equality : Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis, Keona K. Ervin
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- Summary
- "St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of the Great Depression. For the next thirty years, the Gateway City continued to experience significant urban decline as its population swelled and the area's industries stagnated. Over these decades, many African American citizens in the region found themselves struggling financially and fighting for access to profitable jobs and suitable working conditions. To combat ingrained racism, crippling levels of poverty, and sub-standard living conditions, black women worked together to form a community-based culture of resistance-fighting for employment, a living wage, dignity, representation, and political leadership. Gateway to Equality investigates black working-class women's struggle for economic justice from the rise of New Deal liberalism in the 1930s to the social upheavals of the 1960s. Keona K. Ervin explains that the conditions in twentieth-century St. Louis were conducive to the rise of this movement since the city's economy was based on industries that employed women, such as textiles and food processing. As part of the Great Migration, black women migrated to the city at a higher rate than their male counterparts, and labor and black freedom movements relied less on a charismatic, male leadership model. This made it possible for women to emerge as visible and influential leaders. In this study, Ervin presents a stunning account of the ways in which black working-class women fused racial and economic justice. By illustrating that their politics played an important role in defining urban political agendas, her work sheds light on an unexplored aspect of community activism and illuminates the complexities of the overlapping civil rights and labor movements during the first half of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 269 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Introduction: The labor of dignity : Black working-class women's organizing in the Gateway City
- We strike and win : food factory workers and working-class radicalism
- Their side of the case : domestic workers and New Deal labor reform
- The fight against economic slavery : clerks, youth, and gender in the don't buy where you can't work movement
- Riveting the sinews of democracy : defense workers and Double V
- Beneath our dignity : garment workers and the politics of interracial unionism
- Jobs and homes ... freedom : working-class struggles against postwar urban inequality
- Conclusion: The legacies of Black working-class women's political leadership
- Isbn
- 9780813168838
- Label
- Gateway to equality : Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis
- Title
- Gateway to equality
- Title remainder
- Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis
- Statement of responsibility
- Keona K. Ervin
- Subject
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- African American women -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- African American women -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African American women -- Social conditions
- Economic history
- Equality
- Equality -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Missouri -- Saint Louis
- Race relations
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Race relations -- 20th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Social conditions
- Social justice
- Social justice -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
- Working class women
- Working class women -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- African American women -- Economic conditions
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "St. Louis, Missouri, was caught in the stifling grip of the Great Depression. For the next thirty years, the Gateway City continued to experience significant urban decline as its population swelled and the area's industries stagnated. Over these decades, many African American citizens in the region found themselves struggling financially and fighting for access to profitable jobs and suitable working conditions. To combat ingrained racism, crippling levels of poverty, and sub-standard living conditions, black women worked together to form a community-based culture of resistance-fighting for employment, a living wage, dignity, representation, and political leadership. Gateway to Equality investigates black working-class women's struggle for economic justice from the rise of New Deal liberalism in the 1930s to the social upheavals of the 1960s. Keona K. Ervin explains that the conditions in twentieth-century St. Louis were conducive to the rise of this movement since the city's economy was based on industries that employed women, such as textiles and food processing. As part of the Great Migration, black women migrated to the city at a higher rate than their male counterparts, and labor and black freedom movements relied less on a charismatic, male leadership model. This made it possible for women to emerge as visible and influential leaders. In this study, Ervin presents a stunning account of the ways in which black working-class women fused racial and economic justice. By illustrating that their politics played an important role in defining urban political agendas, her work sheds light on an unexplored aspect of community activism and illuminates the complexities of the overlapping civil rights and labor movements during the first half of the twentieth century"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ervin, Keona K.,
- Illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American women
- African American women
- Working class women
- Equality
- Social justice
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- Saint Louis (Mo.)
- African American women
- African American women
- Economic history
- Equality
- Race relations
- Social conditions
- Social justice
- Working class women
- Missouri
- Label
- Gateway to equality : Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis, Keona K. Ervin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The labor of dignity : Black working-class women's organizing in the Gateway City -- We strike and win : food factory workers and working-class radicalism -- Their side of the case : domestic workers and New Deal labor reform -- The fight against economic slavery : clerks, youth, and gender in the don't buy where you can't work movement -- Riveting the sinews of democracy : defense workers and Double V -- Beneath our dignity : garment workers and the politics of interracial unionism -- Jobs and homes ... freedom : working-class struggles against postwar urban inequality -- Conclusion: The legacies of Black working-class women's political leadership
- Control code
- 959035994
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 269 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780813168838
- Lccn
- 2017019635
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)959035994
- Label
- Gateway to equality : Black women and the struggle for economic justice in St. Louis, Keona K. Ervin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-250) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The labor of dignity : Black working-class women's organizing in the Gateway City -- We strike and win : food factory workers and working-class radicalism -- Their side of the case : domestic workers and New Deal labor reform -- The fight against economic slavery : clerks, youth, and gender in the don't buy where you can't work movement -- Riveting the sinews of democracy : defense workers and Double V -- Beneath our dignity : garment workers and the politics of interracial unionism -- Jobs and homes ... freedom : working-class struggles against postwar urban inequality -- Conclusion: The legacies of Black working-class women's political leadership
- Control code
- 959035994
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 269 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780813168838
- Lccn
- 2017019635
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)959035994
Subject
- African American women -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- African American women -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African American women -- Social conditions
- Economic history
- Equality
- Equality -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Missouri -- Saint Louis
- Race relations
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Race relations -- 20th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Social conditions
- Social justice
- Social justice -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
- Working class women
- Working class women -- Missouri | Saint Louis -- History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- African American women -- Economic conditions
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