Library of Congress
Loc: American Memory: Alice Henry: The Trade Union Woman
Excerpt from the Preface to Alice Henry's book, The Trade Union Woman (1915) in which Henry argues for regulation of wages and working conditions for women. Link to the entire book.
Curated OER
History Matters: A Separate Peace: Alice Henry on Women and Unions
A primary source on the influence of women in labor unions in the early 1900's. A distinction between men and women at union meetings is examined.
Harvard University
Harvard: Women Working, 1870 1930
Harvard historians have collected primary source documents and photographs to create a presentation which examines working women from 1870 to 1930. Modern students may be surprised to learn the extent to which women worked outside the...