With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
1978•45m•6.8•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Lorraine Gray
Languages
English
Studio
Women's Labor History Film Project
Cast
Genora Dollinger
Babe Gelles
Lillian Hatcher
Mary Handa
Helen Hauer
Laura Hayward
Nellie Bessons Hendrix
Della Parrish
Sybll "Teeter" Walke
Production
Company
Women's Labor History Film Project
Company
New Day Films
Producer
Lyn Goldfarb
Producer
Anne Bohlen
Producer
Lorraine Gray
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