Backstage and spotlight activism: One survival strategy of the women's bureau and its price

Labor History

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-99

  Mastracci, Sharon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 2542529234     PISSN: 0023656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0023656042000202990     Document Type: Article

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