Archive ID: 2016-047-4

Women at Local 65 Rally with Sign “Defend Our Basic Rights”

Date Created: Undated

Created By: David Vance

Media Type: Photograph

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Photograph of women at Local 65 protest rally. One is holding sign saying “Defend Our Basic Rights! U.S.S. Gary Works.” Rally was held to protest unclean conditions in women’s locker rooms at U.S. Steel-South Works with women from Indiana mills coming out in support.

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