| When Mary Kenny O'Sullivan wrote her autobiography (never published) in the l930s, she vividly remembered what first moved her to become a labor organizer. By the time she was 19, she had learned every part of the printing trade women were allowed to do and been promoted to forewoman. Even as a skilled worker, she could never earn as much as a man. She experienced firsthand how badly women workers were treated--and how poorly they were paid--and saw that organizing was the only way to bring about change. |
