GGR336H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Class Conflict, Winnipeg General Strike, Thesis Statement
18 Mar 2020
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Private = strictly controlled, outdoors, women"s spaces, family spaces. Public strictly controlled, outdoors, men"s spaces, policed. From the book working families: age, gender, and daily survival in industrializing. Professor emerita in department of history and gender studies at york. Main argument: women"s work was work outside and inside despite rhetoric otherwise, crucial to family survival. Winnipeg is the crossroads of north america forks at the red river of the north and the assiniboine. 1738 fort rouge by french fur traders. Centre of metis culture red river rebellion. 1877 first rail link to st. paul minnesota. 1881 direct rail link to eastern canada. Push for greater unionization rates in winnipeg. May 1st building and metal workers without contract go on strike. By 11am 30,000 people in strike. Hello girls telephone operators walk off job non-unionized. In germany, i fed on grass and rats.
