{"product_id":"on-the-picket-line-mary-triece-9780252073915","title":"On the Picket Line: Strategies of Working-Class Women During the Depression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonnie Ritter Book Award, National Communication Association's Feminist and Women Studies Division, 2008.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Picket Line \u003c\/i\u003euncovers the voices of working-class women, particularly those active in the Communist Party, U.S.A., in order to examine how these individuals confronted the tensions between their roles as workers, wives, mothers, and consumers. Combining critical analysis, Marxist and feminist theory, and labor history, Mary E. Triece analyzes the protest tactics employed by working class women to challenge dominant ideologies surrounding domesticity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e She details the rhetorical strategies used by women to argue for their rights as workers in the paid labor force and as caregivers in the home. Their overtly coercive tactics included numerous sit-ins, strikes, and boycotts that won tangible gains for working poor and unemployed women. The book also gives voice to influential figures in the 1930s labor movement (many of whom were members of the Communist Party, U.S.A.), such as Ella Reeve Bloor, Margaret Cowl, Anna Damon, Ann Burlak, and Grace Hutchins. Triece ultimately argues that these confrontational protest tactics of the 1930s remain relevant in today's fights for more humane workplaces and better living conditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Triece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252073916\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252073915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.08w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 112","brand":"Mary Triece","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44829288726783,"sku":"9780252073915","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c116235b-35aa-49ee-b615-e72885cc9762.jpg?v=1708450367","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-picket-line-mary-triece-9780252073915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}