Antiwar and Radical History Project-Pacific Northwest

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Antiwar and Radical History Project–Pacific Northwest

History Sites, Local, Resources, University of Washington (UW)January 21, 2022

The Pacific Northwest Antiwar and Radical History Project is a multimedia web project that aims to chronicle the social impact of war and the rich history of antiwar activity in the Northwest. With video oral histories, hundreds of photographs and documents, GI underground newspapers, movement biographies, and research reports, the project illuminates this integral part of the Northwest’s social and political history. This site is one of a collection of Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Projects based at the University of Washington in Seattle, which involve undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and community members.

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The Knights of Labor was the largest and most extensive association of workers in 19th century America. Organized in 1869, the movement grew slowly in the 1870s, then surged in the 1880s, reaching a peak membership approaching one million in 1886-1887 with Local Assemblies spread across the country in more than 5,600 cities and towns.

Group of striking women-shirtwaist workers in New York City, circa 1909.

View: Uprising of 20,000 (1909)

Uprising of 20,000 (1909)

History Sites, Jewish Women's Archive, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources

On November 23, 1909, more than 20,000 Yiddish-speaking immigrants, mostly young women in their teens and early twenties, launched an eleven-week general strike in New York’s shirtwaist industry. Dubbed the Uprising of the 20,000, it was the largest strike by women to date in American history.

View: February 2017 Rally, Detroit, Joel Berger Collection

February 2017 Rally, Detroit, Joel Berger Collection

Detroit, Joel Berger, Media, Michigan, People, Photo Gallery, Photos WTM, Photos WTM Detroit, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, When Teachers Mobilize

A gallery of photos to explore.

View: The Lowell Mill Girls

The Lowell Mill Girls

History Sites, Lowell, Lowell Mill Girls, Lowell Mills, Massachusetts, Resources

In the early 19th century the United States of America began to experience many changes. In parts of the country there was a shift from an agrarian society to an industrial society.

View: John L. Lewis Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor

John L. Lewis Memorial Museum of Mining and Labor

History Sites, Iowa, Local and Regional Resources, Resources

John L. Lewis was born February 12th 1880, to Welsh immigrant parents in the coal mining camp of Cleveland, Iowa- one mile East of Lucas, Iowa. He began working in the Big Hill Coal Mine in Lucas, IA as a teenager, joining the UMWA Local #799 in 1900. He began his rise to power in the United Mine Workers of America and served as President of the UMWA for forty years and was founder of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.

View: Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 11-20

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 11-20

Alice Kessler-Harris, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Columbia University, edX, Elaine Tyler May, Media, People, Resources, Video, Videos, Women Have Always Worked, Women Labor

Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.

View: Eckley Miners’ Village Museum

Eckley Miners’ Village Museum

History Sites, Local and Regional Resources, Pennsylvania, Resources

Perched atop a mountain ridge at the center of one of the planet’s largest concentrations of disturbed terrain, Eckley Miners’ Village is a world within a world. Visit our authentic 19th-century company mining town, and experience the lives of the working-class families who once fueled America.

View: March 18, 1970: Postal Workers Strike

March 18, 1970: Postal Workers Strike

American Postal Workers Union, APWU, Great Postal Strike, History Sites, Postal Workers, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, Zinn Education Project

The first mass work stoppage in the 195-year history of the Postal Service began on March 18, 1970, with a walkout of letter carriers in Brooklyn and Manhattan who were demanding better wages.

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