Autumn 2020 Catalogue

26 American Heroes & Leaders Autumn 2020 “When The Martyrology Of The Proletariat Shall Be Written, Among Its Unknown And Unnumbered Saints Shall Be Thousands…. Of Women And Little Children” 23. VAN ETTEN, Ida M. Condition of Women Workers Under the Present Industrial System. An Address by Ida M. Van Etten. at the National Convention of the American Federation of Labor Held at Detroit, Michigan, December 8th, 1890. Washington, 1891. Octavo, staple-bound as issued, original printed beige self-wrappers; pp. 16. $950. Click for more info First edition of this speech delivered at the national convention of the American Federation of Labor about the injustices faced by women workers. “For brief periods in the late 19th century, the Socialist Labor Party attracted native-born activists such as Ida Van Etten. A member of the New York Working Women’s Society, precursor to the Consumers’ League… she described the low status of women in the labor force, with special reference to conditions in New York City... Above all, she called for the organization of working women into trade unions” (Buhle, 80). Light foxing and rubbing to extremities of wrappers. An extremely good copy.