Triece (communications, U. of Akron) examines the rhetoric and organization behind working women and homemakers. She focuses on now largely ignored but then influential leaders such as Ella Reeve Bloor, Margaret Cowl, Anna Damon, Ann Burlak and Grace Hutchins, many of whom were or became members of the Communist Party USA in the course of their political lives. Triece also examines the politics of family work, including agitation to seek acknowledgment of the economic contribution of caregiving, and shows how the techniques both working and unemployed women used, such as strikes, boycotts, and other forms of activism paid off in increased recognition. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
On the Picket Line uncovers 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.
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.
Working-class women’s creative challenges to oppressive gender norms and workplace discrimination
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