
Nannie Helen Burroughs
The story of one of the most influential labor leaders of the twentieth century reveals powerful lessons that still resonate
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Black girls and women faced a harsh career landscape. Domestic labor and sharecropping—which were the least regulated and lowest paying occupations for women in the US economy—were the few available ways for Black women and girls to make ...
The story of one of the most influential labor leaders of the twentieth century reveals powerful lessons that still resonate
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Black girls and women faced a harsh career landscape. Domestic labor and sharecropping—which were the least regulated and lowest paying occupations for women in the US economy—were the few available ways for Black women and girls to make ...