Unions’ empowerment of working-class women: A case study

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-310

  Coventry, Barbara Thomas ^a   Morrissey, Marietta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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EID: 0040005664     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1998.9982199     Document Type: Article

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