Gateway to Equality: Black Women and the Struggle for Economic Justice in St. Louis, Paperback - Keona K. Ervin

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Market Justice: Political Economic Struggle in Bolivia - Brent Z. Kaup

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Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Tanya Kateri HernandezNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 223 x 26Cover type: HardbackRed...

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Jenny CarsonNumber of pages: 312Collection: Working Class in American HistoryPublication date: 20...

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Personal recollections, newspaper articles, new photos and material from the archives detailing the lives of women in Halifax from 1800-1950, throu...

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Wide focus on the experiences of women in Northumberland using source material drawn from local archives, local history groups, previous accounts a...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 157 x 234 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

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