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Sewn in Coal Country: An Oral History of the Ladies’ Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945–1995

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Image of cover of book "Sewn in Coal Country" showing a blue ribbon with title text atop two black and white images: one of women on strike in front of Alaimo Dress shop c. 1953 and one of men pulling loaded garment racks down a New York City street in 1955

Former IRH honorary fellow Robert Wolensky has published Sewn in Coal Country: An Oral History of the Ladies’ Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945–1995 with The Pennsylvania State University Press. Click here for more information.