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A research project exploring 1970s activist print culture. Current project: local Manchester newspapers @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
A research project exploring 1970s activist print culture. Current project: local Manchester newspapers @wcmlibrary.bsky.social
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I just learned about R.B. Tiven's work on the history of women nightworkers - including bookbinders and printers and in the Typographical Union, the "largest, most powerful local in the country" in the early 20th c!
resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/working...
resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/working...
Working Against Type: Typographical Union No. 6 and the Battle Over Women’s Night Work — The Gotham Center for New York City History
Working Against Type: Typographical Union No. 6 and the Battle Over Women’s Night Work By R.B. Tiven After the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, New York passed a law barring women from nighttime ...
www.gothamcenter.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I just learned about R.B. Tiven's work on the history of women nightworkers - including bookbinders and printers and in the Typographical Union, the "largest, most powerful local in the country" in the early 20th c!
resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/working...
resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.gothamcenter.org/blog/working...
It really was such a fascinating discussion -- with so much more that could still be explored!
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
It really was such a fascinating discussion -- with so much more that could still be explored!
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KZ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2KZ...