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The conference will aim to create an intellectual and political space for debating issues of major importance to feminist historians and scholars in working-class history and labour studies, with a focus on four main themes: feminism and the gendering of working-class history; race; sexuality; proletarian feminism and female militancy. In each case, questions of theory, historiography, and praxis will inform the presentations. The conference will also deal with the politics of debate and with contemporary struggles.
Conference sponsors include: University of Toronto, University of York, and the University of Toronto's Munk Centre for International Relations, Centre for the Study of the United States, Chair in American Studies, and Left Feminist Working Group.
Conference chairs are Franca Iacovetta, Rick Halpern, and Ruth Percy.
International Planning Committee and (to date) invited participants include Ava Baron, Mary Blewett, Eileen Boris, Bettina Bradbury, Ardis Cameron, Dorothy Sue Cobble, Elizabeth Faue, Leon Fink, Dana Frank, Patricia Cooper, Venus Green, Julie Guard, Camille Guerin-Gonzalez, Karen Hagemann, Sharon Harley, Nancy Hewitt, Karen Hunt, Alice Kessler-Harris, Jennifer Guglielmo, Molly Ladd-Taylor, Ruth Milkman, Kimberly Philips, Tere Hunter, Nancy Maclean, and Francine Wilson.
Compiled by Franca Iacovetta