pt. 1. The Rise of a Working-Class Women's Movement, 1882-1909

Prologue. From the Russian Pale to the Lower East Side: The Cultural Roots of Four Jewish Women's Radicalism. Ch. 1. Coming of Age: The Shock of the Shops and the Dawning of Political Consciousness, 1900-1909

pt. 2. Working Women in Rebellion: The Emergence of Industrial Feminism, 1909-1920. Ch. 2. Audacity: The Uprising of Women Garment Workers, 1909-1915. Ch. 3. Common Sense: New York City Working Women and the Struggle for Woman Suffrage

pt. 3. The Activists in Their Prime: The Mainstreaming of Industrial Feminism, 1920-1945. Ch. 4. Knocking at the White House Door: Rose Schneiderman, Pauline Newman, and the Campaign for Labor Legislation, 1910-1945. Ch. 5. Emotion Strained through a Thinking Mind: Fannia Cohn, the ILGWU, and the Struggle for Workers' Education, 1915-1945.

Spark plugs in every neighborhood : Clara Lemlich Shavelson and the emergence of a militant working-class housewives' movement, 1913-1945

Witnessing the end of an era : the postwar years and the decline of industrial feminism

Reflections on women and activism.