Brookside Women

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Identifier
000007658
Alt Identifier
9617
Asset Type
Date
1974, 1974
Description (Interview with Betty Eldridge, Minnie Lunsford, and Gussie Mills, who were members of the "Brookside Women's Club." The women discuss their experience of the Brookside Strike in terms of violence from the state police, resistance to the company and their thugs, labor negotiation tactics, differences between the Brookside Strike and labor movements in the 1930s, and the unique aspects of being women on the picket line.)
Interview with Betty Eldridge, Minnie Lunsford, and Gussie Mills, who were members of the "Brookside Women's Club." The women discuss their experience of the Brookside Strike in terms of violence from the state police, resistance to the company and their thugs, labor negotiation tactics, differences between the Brookside Strike and labor movements in the 1930s, and the unique aspects of being women on the picket line.
Creator
Hall, Nona (produced by)
Media Type
Moving Image and Sound
Physical Format
1/2 inch videotape: reel-to-reel
Generation:
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Generation - General
Unknown
Container
Item
Color
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Subjects
Labor strike, Brookside strike, Women
Access Restrictions
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Related Collection
Mountain Community Television Collection, 1972-1978
Related Place
Brookside, KY
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