The Trade Union Woman

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Trade Union Woman, by Alice HenryThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Trade Union WomanAuthor: Alice HenryRelease Date: March 3, 2004 [EBook #11424]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TRADE UNION WOMAN ***Produced by Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.[Illustration: A Factory or a Home?]THETRADE UNION WOMANBYALICE HENRYMEMBER OF OFFICE EMPLOYÉS' ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO. No. 12755. ANDFORMERLY EDITOR OF LIFE AND LABORILLUSTRATED1915TOTHE TRADE UNION WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADAPREFACEThis brief account of trade unionism in relation to the working-women of the United States has been written to furnisha handbook of the subject, and to supply in convenient form answers to the questions that are daily put to the writerand to all others who feel the organization of women to be a vital issue.To treat the subject exhaustively would be impossible without years of research, but meanwhile it seemed well tofurnish this short popular account of an important movement, in order to satisfy the eager desire for informationregarding the working-woman, and her attitude towards the modern labor movement, and towards the nationalindustries in regard ...