E16: Women in the early IWW

Podcast about the early history of women in the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union in the United States, in conversation with Heather Mayer, author of Beyond the Rebel Girl: Women and the IWW in the Pacific Northwest, 1905-1924. Support this podcast and get benefits like early accessed episodes and more on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryGet Heather's book here: https://amzn.to/2DqONVcEpisode 6 of our podcast gives an introduction to the IWW in the US so we recommend listening to that before this unless you are well acquainted with IWW history and terminology already.More formation, sources, and transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e16-women-in-the-early-iww/Acknowledgements– Thanks to the Salt Lake Tribune for permission to use the recording of Rebel Girl, performed by Alyeah Hansen in 2015. Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_tz3wPgLUwAnd take a look at their excellent Legacy of Joe Hill homepage: http://local.sltrib.com/charts/joehill/landingpage.html– Edited by Daniel WaldorfBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support.

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