Mary H. Blewett
Â , Â , Â Â Â Â Â  "Blewett challenges historians to incorporate gender analysis and, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  a tradition of working women's protest into the history of the American, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  labor movement.", Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  -- ,Georgia Historical Quarterly, Â Â Â Â Â  "[Blewett's] detailed reconstruction of feminist perspectives in, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  shoeworker protest and the divisions created by the competing loyalties, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  to sisterhood and to working-class families is among the best available., Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  . . . With works like this, it should be impossible to write about the, Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  American working class without including women.", Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  -- ,Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Â Â Â Â Â  "A highly stimulating and rewarding book.", Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  -- ,Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Â 
History,Labor
Men, Women, and Work: Class, Gender, and Protest in the New England Shoe Industry, 1780-1910