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Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor Highlight

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In 1864, Irish immigrant women working as “collar laundresses” in the shirt-making hub of Troy, New York, formed the Collar Laundry Union; led by Kate Mullany and Esther Keegan, it was the first all-female labor union in the U.S.

— Kim Kelly

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