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Union Maids is a 1976 American documentary film directed by Jim Klein, Julia Reichert and Miles Mogulescu. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [1] [2] The film was based on the three women from Chicago in the labor history book Rank and File by Staughton Lynd and Alice Lynd.
The table below shows a breakdown by sector of jobs held by women in 1940 and 1950. Women overwhelmingly worked in jobs segmented by sex. Women were still highly employed as textile workers and domestic servants, but the clerical and service field greatly expanded. This tertiary sector was more socially acceptable, and many more educated women ...
The Big Operator (1959 film) Billy Elliot; Bitter Rice; Black Fury (film) Blood Feud (1983 film) Blue Collar (film) Boxcar Bertha; Brassed Off; Bread (1986 film) Bread and Roses (2000 film) Brothers (1929 film) Business as Usual (film)
Labor Day Parade, float of Women's Trade Union League, New York, 1908 September 7 1908 (United States) The Federal Employers' Liability Act was passed. Also that year, the Erdman Act was further weakened by the Supreme Court when Section 10, related to use of "yellow dog" contracts, was declared unconstitutional (see 1898). [25] 1908 (United ...
A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists. Other significant production and distribution companies included Republic, Monogram and PRC.
The following is a list of feature films produced and distributed by the American studio Columbia Pictures from 1940 until 1949. [1] During these years Columbia was one of the eight major studios of Hollywood.
Title Director Cast Genre/Note The 3rd Voice: Hubert Cornfield: Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London: Mystery: 20th Century Fox: 12 to the Moon: David Bradley: Ken Clark, Tom Conway, Michi Kobi
A Dispatch from Reuters is a 1940 biographical film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The film was directed by William Dieterle and stars Edward G. Robinson .