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Although born to a life of privilege and married to the President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was a staunch and lifelong advocate for workers and, for more than twenty-five years, a proud member of the AFL-CIO's Newspaper Guild. She Was One of Us tells for the first time the story of her deep and lasting ties to the American labor movement. Brigid O'Farrell follows Roosevelt-one of the most admired and, in her time, controversial women in the world-from the tenements of New York City to the White House, from local union halls to the convention floor of the AFL-CIO, from coal mines to political rallies to the United Nations.Roosevelt worked with activists around the world to develop a shared vision of labor rights as human rights, which are central to democracy. In her view, everyone had the right to a decent job, fair working conditions, a living wage, and a voice at work. She Was One of Us provides a fresh and compelling account of her activities on behalf of workers, her guiding principles, her circle of friends-including Rose Schneiderman of the Women's Trade Union League and the garment unions and Walter Reuther, "the most dangerous man in Detroit"-and her adversaries, such as the influential journalist Westbrook Pegler, who attacked her as a dilettante and her labor allies as "thugs and extortioners." As O'Farrell makes clear, Roosevelt was not afraid to take on opponents of workers' rights or to criticize labor leaders if they abused their power; she never wavered in her support for the rank and file.Today, union membership has declined to levels not seen since the Great Depression, and the silencing of American workers has contributed to rising inequality. In She Was One of Us, Eleanor Roosevelt's voice can once again be heard by those still working for social justice and human rights.

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 janvier 2012
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780801462467
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	6 Mo

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She Was One of Us

Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker

Brigid O’Farrell

ILR Press an imprint of Cornell University Press Ithaca and London

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First published 2010 by Cornell University Press First printing, Cornell Paperbacks, 2012 Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

O’Farrell, Brigid. She was one of us : Eleanor Roosevelt and the American worker / Brigid O’Farrell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9780801448805 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 9780801478017 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884–1962. 2. Working class—United States—History—20th century. 3. Labor movement—United States—History—20th century. 4. Women in the labor movement—United States—History—20th century. I. Title.

E807.1.R48O34 2010 973.917092—dc22

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Throughout the crowded years of her lifetime, Eleanor Roosevelt was the tireless champion of working men and women. . . . Wher ever there were battles to be fought . . . for minimum wage or social security . . . on behalf of sharecroppers or migratory work ers . . . against the unspeakable evils of discrimination, segregation or child labor . . . for the union shop or against spurious “righttowork laws” . . . there you could ﬁnd Eleanor Roosevelt. . . . She was an ar dent advocate of the ideals of the United Nations . . . the architect of its Human Rights program . . . on our side . . . ﬁghting for our right to organize . . . but more than that:she was one of us.

Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Fund Pamphlet, AFLCIO, 1963.

For Joyce L. Kornbluh

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Prologue: She Was One of Us 1. Why Women Should Join Unions 2. Here Comes Mrs. Roosevelt 3. Practicing What You Preach 4. In Her Own Way 5. An Essential Element of Freedom 6. Pointing the Way 7. We Have Something to Offer 8. A Revolutionary Period Epilogue: Close to Home

Source Abbreviations Notes Note on Sources and Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

Photographs follow page 104

1 4 30 55 80 105 131 156 181 205

209 211 247 259 263

Abbreviations Used in Text

ACWA AF of L AFLCIO

BSCP CIO CIOPAC ER ERA Guild HUAC IBEW ICFTU ILGWU ILO IUE

Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America American Federation of Labor American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO Political Action Committee Eleanor Roosevelt Equal Rights Amendment American Newspaper Guild, The Newspaper Guild (TNG) House UnAmerican Activities Committee International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers International Confederation of Free Trade Unions International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union International Labor Organization International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers

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