DUE in 12 hours, everything together 450 words
pick one question to answer for 150 words
reply to other 3 student’s answers, each reply for 100 words, total 300 words
With
Babies and Banners
Instructions: 1) Watch the 45-minute documentary “With Babies and Banners.” 2) Pick any question from below to make one original post by the end of Monday, April 13. 3) Make three response posts to other members of your discussion group by the end of Wednesday, April 15.
Questions pick one only
What were wages and working conditions like for women who worked in the Flint, Michigan auto factories in the 1930s? What the attitudes employers had towards women workers?
Why did General Motors workers want to join the United Auto Workers? What methods did the UAW use to organize the workers? Why was it especially difficult to convince many of the wives of male workers to support the union?
How did the sit-down strike begin at the Fischer No.1 plant in Flint? Why did women form an auxiliary to support the strikers?
How did women provide support and leadership during the sit-down strike? What obstacles did they face within the union at first? What kinds of opposition did they face in the community?
Why did a battle break out in front of the factory occupied by strikers? Why did Genora Dollinger appeal to the women of the city of Flint to join the fight? How did this lead to the formation of the Women’s Emergency Brigade?
What did the Women’s Emergency Brigade do? How did it build solidarity in Flint and other automotive cities?
Why did the union target the Chevrolet Plant #4? How did the WEB protect the sit-down strikers in that plant? What was the result of these actions?
What was the overall significance of the Women’s Emergency Brigade? Why did the UAW disband the brigade after the strike?