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Fight to Win!: Heroes of American Labor (the Young Readers Edition of Fight Like Hell)

Kim Kelly

The revelatory history of the American labor movement, from independent journalist and Teen Vogue labor columnist Kim Kelly, now adapted for young readers.

The history of American labor is full of incredible leaders, organizers, and workers, but not all of them have gotten the recognition they deserve.

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Rosina Tucker, a Black woman who helped railroad workers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,

Maria Moreno, an Indigenous and Mexican woman who fought for farmworkers in the fields of California,

Ah Quon McElrath, a Chinese Hawaiian woman who united the laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,

Ben Fletcher, a Black dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of Philadelphia,

Judy Heumann, a disabled Jewish schoolteacher who became the mother of the Disability Rights Movement...and many more.

With blood, sweat, and tears, they fought to win the rights we hold so dear today.

Their voices reveal the true history of American labor.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Publish Date: May 6th, 2025
  • Pages: 320
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.25in - 5.50in - 0.63in - 0.00lb
  • EAN: 9781665937290
  • Recommended age: 08-12
  • Categories: History - United States - GeneralPlaces - United StatesActivism & Social Justice

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About the Author

Kelly, Kim: - Kim Kelly is a labor reporter for In These Times magazine and has been a regular labor columnist for Teen Vogue since 2018. Her writing on labor, class, politics, disability, and culture has appeared in The Nation, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Baffler, The New Republic, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and many others. Kelly has also worked as a video correspondent for More Perfect Union, The Real News Network, and Means TV. Previously, she was the heavy metal editor at Noisey, Vice's music vertical, and helped organize the Vice union. A third-generation union member, she served three terms as an elected councilperson for the Writers Guild of America, East Council. Her first book, Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, was published in 2022. She was born in the heart of the South Jersey Pine Barrens and currently lives in Philadelphia with a hard-workin' man, a couple of taxidermy bears, and way too many books.

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