Background reading materials are provided in this booklet developed to be used in conjunction with the award winning color documentary film "With Babies and Banners." The film records the role that the women of Flint, Michigan, played in the great General Motors sit-down strike of 1937. The readings are suitable for college audiences and…

This student booklet and teacher's guide are intended to be used in secondary school classrooms with the award-winning color documentary 16mm film "With Babies and Banners," which records the role that the women of Flint, Michigan, played in the great General Motors sit-down strike of 1937. Calling their organization the Women's…

Covers women's labor history in the United States and in industrialized nations from the early 1800s to the present. Provides primary source documents from New England workers in the 1830s and 1840s and from women workers on global assembly lines in the 1980s. Includes discussion questions. (LS)