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four times. The dispute ended when Mary was declared incompetent in 1921 and
Euphemia pronounced insane in 1929. The company subsequently was able to acquire clear title to their property. The main thrust of the book is an analysis of the changing role of women at the beginning of the 20th century,
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workers in their struggle for social justice, but advocated
Mexican economic dependence on the United States. The book was called "an important key to understanding the ongoing relationship between the labor movement and actions of the United States in Central America" and "a skillful blend of labor
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Ilasco (which ceased to exist in the 1960s) had a population of about 3,000 in 1900, but economic changes had greatly decreased the town's size by mid-century. Andrews' father and grandfather both worked at the Atlas
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Andrews was first honored in 1995 for his article "From Robber Caves to Robber Barons: New South
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longshoremen's strike of 1920, and the struggle of black trade unionists to overcome the racially discriminatory practices of the
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