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Politics of the Pantry
Courtesy of the Walter Reuther Archives, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
On November 18, 2017, the WLA hosted the book launch for Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in Twentieth Century America by Emily E. LB. Twarog. Politics of the Pantry examines the rise and fall of the American housewife as a political constituency group. Shifting the focus away from the workplace as a site of protest, it looks to the homefront as a starting point for protest in the public sphere. The event at Piper Hall included a panel with Lynne Heidt, Evanston Realtor and former leader of the National Consumers’ Union; Jackie Kendall, Democracy Partners; Emily E. LB. Twarog, PhD, Author and Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Bonnie Wilson, Vice Chair of the Frances Willard Historical Association and former Evanston Township Assessor.
Sponsored by Chicago Coalition for Labor Union Women (CLUW) • Chicago Women’s History Center • Illinois Labor History Society • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor and Employment, Labor Education Program • Women and Leadership Archives, Loyola University Chicago • Working Women’s History Project
Author Emily E. LB. Twarog, PhD
Panelists Jackie Kendall, Bonnie Wilson, Lynne Heidt, and Dr. Twarog
Book signing
