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Item Plenary - Life and Labor: Black Women’s Narratives of Resistance in The Twentieth Century(2016-03-05) Owens, Deirdre Cooper; Jackson, Kellie Carter; Phillips, Mary; Spencer, Robyn; Fraser, Zinga A.Plenary Life and Labor: Black Women’s Narratives of Resistance in The Twentieth Century Chair: Deirdre Cooper Owens, Queens College Kellie Carter Jackson, Hunter College, A Portrait of Ethel Phillips: Understanding the Myth of the Good Boss in the World of Domestic Servants Mary Phillips, Lehman College, Spiritual Maturity: The Feminist Theory of Ericka Huggins Robyn Spencer, Lehman College, What’s Left to Say about Angela Davis? Notes on the Black Radical Tradition Zinga A. Fraser, Brooklyn College, Race, Gender, and Rebellion: Shirley Chisholm’s Political ResistanceItem Breakout Session 2 - Labor Struggles(2016-03-05) Jacklin, Jillian; Townsend, Mercedes A.; Lopez, Tara Martin; Shankar, V. Kalyan; Sahni, RohiniBreakout Session 2 - Labor Struggles Jillian Jacklin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, A Family Affair: Women, Children, and the Daily Work of Dairy Farmer Radicalism Mercedes Townsend, Sarah Lawrence College, 'Venus to the Hoop,’ but Not to the Bank: Gender Inequity in Professional Basketball Tara Martin Lopez, Peninsula College, Retail Feminism: Working Class Women’s Fight for Equal Pay at Wal-Mart and ASDA V. Kalya Shankar and Rohini Sahni, The New School, Waste Pickers and the ‘Right to Waste’ in an Indian CityItem Breakout Session 2 - Rethinking Motherwork(2016-03-05) Murolo, Priscilla; Broege, Hank G.; Livecchia, Gayle Ann; Brennan, Amanda Westbrook; Martinez, CamillaBreakout Session 2 - Rethinking Motherwork Chair: Priscilla Murolo, Sarah Lawrence College Hank Broege, Sarah Lawrence College, Scottsboro Mothers Gayle Ann Livecchia, Independent Researcher, Hidden Lives of Women in Colonial New York Amanda Westbrook Brennan, Graduate Cener, CUNY, The Promotion of Breastfeeding by the Maternity Center Association of Manhattan Camilla Martinez, Sarah Lawrence College, Butterflies with New Wings Building a FutureItem Breakout Session 1 - Working-Class Feminisms(2016-03-05) Vapnek, Lara; Collens, Jackie; Haverty-Stacke, Donna T.; Tobar, Cynthia; Cameron, Lorette; Parker, Emily A.; Shaughnessy, Kate; Ahmad, Sarah; Phend, Gabi; Ross, Velvet A.; Staniszewski, KristyBreakout Session 1 Working-Class Feminisms Chair: Lara Vapnek Jackie Collens, Sarah Lawrence College, Leonora O’Reilly and the Woman Suffrage Movement Donna T. Haverty-Stacke, Hunter College, CUNY, The Radical Feminism of Grace Carlson and her Socialist Workers Party Sisters Cynthia Tobar, Bronx Community College, CUNY, Empathy and Feminist Activism: Leadership and Social Change at Welfare Rights Initiative Roundtable Discussions: Labor Pains: What can women in different lines of work learn from each other regarding struggles for equity on the job? Lorette Cameron Emily Parker Kate Shaughnessy Challenging Invisibility: Why does working women’s leadership in struggles for social justice receive far less attention than it deserves? Sarah Ahmad Gabi Phend Velvet Ross Kristy StaniszewskiItem Plenary - Roundtable Discussion: On The Move With Queer Labor: LGBT Organizing at Unionized Workplaces(2016-03-05) Frank, Miriam; Cartwright, Donna; Balay, Anne; Martinez, DollyRoundtable Discussion: On The Move With Queer Labor: LGBT Organizing at Unionized Workplaces Chair: Miriam Frank, author of Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America Donna Cartwright, retired co-President, Pride at Work, AFL-CIO Anne Balay, author of Steel Closets: Voices of Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Steelworkers Dolly Martinez, Pride at Work activist and campaign manager for Retail Action Project