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working class and poor women's political activism; labor unions; the New Deal; the war on poverty and welfare; social protest movements
Bio:
Orleck is the author of, among other books, Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working Class Politics in the United States and Storming Caesar's Palace: How Black Welfare Mother Fought Their Own War on Poverty. She is co-editor of The Politics of Motherhood: Activist Voices Left to Right. She has also published numerous articles on women's political activism in the United States.
