..". enables us to deepen our understanding of the organization ofworking women." -- International Journal of African HistoricalStudies
..". an impressive piece of scholarship." --American Journal of Sociology
Virtually ignored by laborhistorians are the black and white women in South African industries. Drawing oncomparative labor history and feminist theory, this important study traces thehistory of women as industrial workers and trade unionists in South Africa duringmost of the twentieth century.