Sewn in Coal Country : : An Oral History of the Ladies’ Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945–1995 /

Sewn in Coal Country : : An Oral History of the Ladies’ Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945–1995 / / ed. by Robert P. Wolensky.

By the mid-1930s, Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal industry was facing a steady decline. Mining areas such as the Wyoming Valley around the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Pittston were full of willing workers (including women) who proved irresistibly attractive to New York City’s “runaway shops”—ladies’ a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Wolensky, Robert P.,
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 84 illustrations/1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Garment Industry
  • 1. Dorothy “Dot” Ney: Garment Worker, Union Organizer, and Business Agent
  • 2. William “Bill” Cherkes: Garment Shop Owner and Garment Association President
  • 3. Minnie “Min” Matheson: Labor Leader, Social Activist, and ILGWU District Director
  • 4. Angelo “Rusty” “Bill” DePasquale: Mineworker and ILGWU Organizer and “Enforcer
  • 5. Anthony “Tony” D’Angelo: Garment Presser and Barber
  • 6. Alice Reca: Garment Worker, Union Organizer, and Business Agent
  • 7. John “Johnny” Justin: Garment Worker, Labor Organizer, and ILGWU District Director
  • 8. Clementine “Clem” Lyons: Garment Worker, Business Agent, and Chorus Performer and Director
  • 9. Helen Weiss: Garment Worker, Business Agent, and Chorus Performer
  • 10. George and Lucy Zorgo: Union Printers and Labor Advocates
  • 11. Philomena “Minnie” Caputo: Garment Worker, Union Activist, Chairlady, and Floorlady
  • 12. Dr. Albert Schiowitz: Physician and Director of the Wyoming Valley ILGWU Health Center
  • 13. Leo Gutstein: Family Garment Shop Owner and Garment Association President
  • 14. Pearl Novak: Garment Worker, Union Organizer, and Social Activist
  • 15. Betty Greenberg: Mother, Spouse, Activist, and the Mathesons’ Daughter
  • 16. Labor, Working-Class, Gender, and Oral History
  • Appendix 1: The Wyoming Valley Oral Histories
  • Appendix 2: Glossary of Selected Terms
  • Appendix 3: Biographical Sketches
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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