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OverviewContinually Working tells the stories of Black working women who resisted employment inequality in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from the 1940s to the 1970s. The book explores the job-related activism of Black Midwestern working women and uncovers the political and intellectual strategies they used to critique and resist employment discrimination, dismantle unjust structures, and transform their lives and the lives of those in their community. Moten emphasizes the ways in which Black women transformed the urban landscape by simultaneously occupying spaces from which they had been historically excluded and creating their own spaces. Black women refused to be marginalized within the historically white and middle‑class Milwaukee Young Women's Christian Association (MYWCA), an association whose mission centered on supporting women in urban areas. Black women forged interracial relationships within this organization and made it, not without much conflict and struggle, one of the most socially progressive organizations in the city. When Black women could not integrate historically white institutions, they created their own. They established financial and educational institutions, such as Pressley School of Beauty Culture, which beautician Mattie Pressley Dewese opened in 1946 as a result of segregation in the beauty training industry. This school served economic, educational and community development purposes as well as created economic opportunities for Black women. Historically and contemporarily, Milwaukee has been and is still known as one of the most segregated cities in the nation. Black women have always contested urban segregation, by making space for themselves and others on the margins. In so doing, they have transformed both the urban landscape and urban history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Crystal Marie MotenPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780826505583ISBN 10: 0826505589 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 March 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction 1. ""More than a Job"": Black Women's Midcentury Struggles at the Milwaukee Young Women's Christian Association 2. ""A Credit to Our City as well as Our State"": Black Beauticians' Professionalization, Progress, and Organization in Milwaukee, 1940s and 1950s 3. Working Toward a Remedy: Exposing the Experiences of Black Women during the Civil Rights Era 4. ""What the Mothers Have to Say"": Welfare Rights Activism in 1970s Milwaukee 5. ""No Longer Marching"": Dismantling the Jim Crow Jobs System in a Post-Civil Rights Era Epilogue Bibliography Notes Index"ReviewsAuthor InformationCrystal Marie Moten is a public historian, curator, and writer who focuses on the intersection of race, class, and gender to uncover the hidden histories of Black people in the Midwest. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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