Women Workers’ Education

Abstract

This chapter follows genealogical lines in the history of the movement for women workers' education drawing on archival research with personal and political writings in France, the UK, and the USA. In doing so, it unravels material and discursive entanglements of this important cultural labor movement, mapping its contested notions, porous boundaries, and diverse practices. What is argued is that women workers' presence as students, educators, activists, as well as creators and writers was catalytic in this sociopolitical and cultural movement for social change, while its radical pedagogical practices are still relevant in reimagining what education is and what it can do.