This book highlights the catalytic role of workers' education in mobilizing political activism and women's involvement in labour struggles and politics. Through a comprehensive study of the gendered aspects of workers' education it explores the intellectual lives of women workers. Drawing on the letters and papers of Fannia Mary Cohn, a prominent figure in the US garment industry's trade union movement, it discusses and further theorizes the importance of gender as an analytical category in the forceful interaction of labour, education and migration histories. The significance of the visual turn in feminist narrative analytics is considered and the book puts forward a compelling case for the contribution of writing working women in the intellectual and cultural life of the twentieth century.

Highlights the vital and catalytic role of workers' education in mobilizing political activism Focuses on the importance of ethics, aesthetics and politics in women workers' education Provide fascinating insights into gender relations in workers' education and women's involvement in trade union politics

Autorentext

Maria Tamboukou is Professor of Feminist Studies at the University of East London, UK, and co-editor of the journal Gender and Education. Her research focuses on philosophy and epistemology in the social sciences, feminist narrative analytics, and archival research. She has published widely on feminist and cultural studies, and is the author of Sewing, Writing and Fighting: Radical Practices in Work, Politics and Culture.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Assemblages of Institutional Histories and Life Narratives.- Chapter 2. The Self as/in Dialogue.- Chapter 3. Ethics, Aesthetics and Politics in Women Workers' Education.- Chapter 4. Visual Technologies and Other Archives.- Chapter 5. Conclusion: The Adventure of Women Workers' Education.