Child of the Sit-Downs: The Revolutionary Life of Genora Dollinger

A biography of a prominent labor reformer and early feminist

Strikes affect entire communities, and in the end they need the communities’ support to succeed. This was exemplified in the legendary 1937 sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan, when strikers occupied the GM plants. The striking workers needed food; they also needed information and advance warning on what management might be up to. The Women’s Emergency Brigade,...