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Women in the Workplace Discussion
This lesson puts two primary sources in conversation with one another and encourages students to compare the authors’ perspectives on women in various industries in the late 19th century.
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
Farm Workers Warn About Dangers of Pesticides (1969)
In the mid-1960s, a group of mostly Filipino farm workers created the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and organized a labor strike against grape growers in Delano, California. After the AWOC joined together with the National Farmworkers [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)
Farm Workers Suggest Alternatives to Lettuce (1971)
In 1970, the United Farm Workers (UFW) launched the Salad Bowl Strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history. For many months, farm workers refused to work, picketed, and organized boycotts. Their action caused lettuce shipments to halt [...]
Item Type: Artifact
Historical Era: Postwar America (1946-1975)