KNIGHTS OF LABOR
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Discuss the role of women in the Knights of Labor. What activities did the organization undertake on behalf of women?
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The knights of labor were formed as an organization to ensure that American workers were not taken advantage of by the large emerging monopolies. The knights of Labor (KOL) focused on labor in general but were rooted in preventing skilled labor such as carpenters, tailors, and the like from becoming "wage slaves" as Terence Powderly stated.
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The knights of labor were formed as an organization to ensure that American workers were not taken advantage of by the large emerging monopolies. The knights of Labor (KOL) focused on labor in general but were rooted in preventing skilled labor such as carpenters, tailors, and the like from becoming "wage slaves" as Terence Powderly stated. Additionally, the knights of Labor (KOL) could organize all working people including factory workers, farm workers, African-Americans and women. It was in this capacity that women were able to be noticed in the labor movement. Consider the following excerpt regarding the KOL:
"Not only could the Knights organize all workers regardless of skill, and thus include women, African-Americans, the foreign born and other groups traditionally ignored by trade unions, but the interaction of men and women from a variety of occupations would necessarily force them to discuss and act on more than wages and working conditions. Such interaction would ultimately ...
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