The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal agency created in 1935 by Congress to administer the National Labor Relations Act, the basic law governing relations between labor unions and business enterprises engaged in operations affecting interstate commerce. In its statutory assignment, the NLRB has two principal…

Describes the work of the Progressive Era women specifically addressing the campaign for women's suffrage, the work of neighborhood unions, and the struggle for protective legislation. Expounds that even though these women fought for equal rights, they failed to break racial boundaries and denied future generations of women multiple roles in…