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With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade

Dec 31, 1978 · 45m
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Combining rare archival footage with interviews recorded forty years after the event, this documentary tells the story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade during the 1936–37 General Motors sit-down strike in Flint, Michigan. While national attention focused on the men occupying the factories, women—auto workers and the families of strikers—organized food supplies, picket lines, and public demonstrations that helped sustain the historic labor victory. The film highlights their long-overlooked role in the American labor movement.

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CAST

Genora Dollinger
Babe Gelles
Lillian Hatcher
Mary Handa
Helen Hauer
Laura Hayward
Nellie Bessons Hendrix
Della Parrish
Directed by Lorraine Gray

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Women's Labor History Film Project, New Day Films
Country
US

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