Nannie Helen Burroughs: A Tower of Strength in the Labor World

Finalist, 2026 Leticia Woods Brown Book Prize - Association of Black Women Historians

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 a living i...