Women's Work and Politics in WWI America

Lars Olsson is Professor Emeritus of History at Linnaeus University, Sweden.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Political Economy of Minneapolis.- 3. The Northwestern Knitting Company—Makers of Munsing Wear.- 4. Divided Work—Women and Men at Work for the Company.- 5. A Non-Union Shop.- 6. "The Munsingwear Family": Industrial Welfare and Paternalism.- 7. Progressivism and Social Work for Women in Minneapolis.- 8. One People, One Language, One Nation: "The Munsingwear Family".- 9. "The Munsingwear Family" of Minneapolis at War: Conclusions.