Roundtable on Anti-Semitism in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era

Koffman, David; Diner, Hasia R.; Goldstein, Eric L.; Sarna, Jonathan D.; Wenger, Beth S.

doi:10.1017/s1537781420000055

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…40 Not the preponderance of Jews but equal Jewish involvement was the noteworthy aspect of this composition in an era when dominant racial-nationalist ideology distinguished Jews not only from Protestants and Catholics but as "Hebrews" from "Anglo-Saxons" and "Teutons"-or even "Americans." 41 What distinguished the League, besides its demand for Board representation, was its capacious inclusivity. New York City already had dozens of teacher's organizations-clubs, effectively-organized by borough, subject, sex, or level of instruction: the Association of Elementary Teachers of Modern Languages, the Women's Educational Council of Queens, the Men High School Teachers Association, the Assistants to Principals Association.…”

Section: Creating the Teachers' Leaguementioning

confidence: 99%

Why Did Teachers Organize? Feminism and Socialism in the Making of New York City Teacher Unionism

Phelps¹

2021

Mod. Am. Hist.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

What prompted New York City teachers to form a union in the Progressive Era? The founding of the journal American Teacher in 1912 led to creation of the Teachers’ League in 1913 and then the Teachers Union in 1916, facilitating formation of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Despite historiographical claims that teacher union drives needed a focus on bread-and-butter issues to succeed, ideals of educational democracy and opposition to managerial autocracy motivated the Teachers’ League. Contrary to claims that early New York City teacher unionism was unrepresentative because dominated by radical male Jewish high-school instructors, heterogeneous majorities of women and elementary school teachers formed the Teachers’ League and Teachers Union leaderships. Board of Education representation, maternity leave, free speech, and pensions were aims of this radically democratic movement led by socialists and feminists, which received demonstrably greater mass teacher support than the conservative feminism of a rival association.

show abstract

Section: Creating the Teachers' Leaguementioning

confidence: 99%