An icon of American labor will be at the center of a visiting scholar’s talk at Monmouth College’s Labor Day Lecture on Monday.
The war-time image of Rosie the Riveter promoted the idea that all Americans had a part to play in World War II, but Katherine Turk’s lecture looks to takeit a step further examining how women in labor unions changed the direction of the country.
Turk teaches history and women’s and gender studies at the University of North Carolina.
In addition to recently releasing a book on sex equality law remaking the American workplace, Turk is working on an article about men and masculinity in women’s movements.
The Monmouth College History Department started the Labor Day lecture in 2008 hoping to highlight important topics in labor history and to invite the community to hear exceptional historians.
Turk’s lecture this year will begin at 7 p.m. in the Whiteman-McMillan Highlander Room of the Stockdale Center on the Monmouth campus.
