DOC Tibet: The Sacred Realm; Photographs 1880-1950 by Lobsang P. Lhalungpa in History

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In this up-close and personal look at the heroines who make family; community; and society tick; Miriam Ching Yoon Louie showcases immigrant women workers speaking out for themselves; in their own words. While public outrage over sweatshops builds in intensity; this book shows us who these workers really are and how they are leading campaigns to fight for their rights.In-depth; accessible analyses of the immigration; labor; and trade policies; which together have forced these women into the most dangerous; poorly paid jobs; dovetail with vivid portraits of the women themselves. Louie; a longtime writer/activist and well-known figure in feminist; immigrant; and labor circles; is uniquely poised to make her case: that the labor of immigrant women worker-activists not only sustains families and communities; but the vibrant social activism that undergirds democracy itself.With chapters on successful campaigns against Levi-Strauss; Donna Karan; and restaurants in Los Angeles; Koreatown; among others.Miriam Ching Yoon Louie is a longtime writer/activist in campaigns to organize women of color. She is national campaign media director of Fuerza Unida; a board member of the Women of Color Resource Center; and former media director of Asian Immigrant Women Advocates. Her essays and articles on immigrant women and labor issues have been widely anthologized; including in the 1997 collection Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire (South End Press) and she speaks at public events internationally. She is the co-author; with Linda Burnham; of Women’s Education in the Global Economy (Women of Color Resource Center; 2000).