Everett Women Launch Their Own Labor Column
Defying the male-dominated press of 1911, union women declare their space will be for social and economic activism, not domestic advice.
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The women in the labor movement of Everett are to have a corner in the Labor Journal all their own, to use at their own discretion as to what goes in. The editor of the Journal has spoken, and that same young editor who wields the caustic pen is going to have nothing whatever to say about what goes into this woman's corner. We assume all risks, all responsibility and liability: we wield the blue pencil in this realm and we are going to indicate where we as women stand on some social and economic questions, both material and ethical. Let our brothers be warned; we have never had an opportunity like this before, and we do not intend to use our space for jelly recipes. We women insist on being human beings as well as females, and in our corner are going to have topics of human interest. We want them to know that back of them in their struggles for better conditions and the right to live decently, stand our home women in their security, ready to lend a hand at any and all times.
“We women insist on being human beings as well as females, and in our corner are going to have topics of human interest.”
This column mirrors the ongoing struggle for diverse voices to control their own platforms in media. Just as these 1911 organizers fought against 'domestic' pigeonholing, modern labor groups in Everett continue to leverage digital media to bypass traditional editorial gatekeeping.
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