Sunday, January 11, 2004

8:30–10:30 a.m.

144. Soldiering for the Private and Public Good: Workers’ Bodily Defense, Sacrifice, and Maintenance, 1840 to 1980, United States and Great Britain
Omni Shoreham, Forum Room

Chair: Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University
Papers:

Working Bodies at Law and in the Polity, A Reinterpretation of Farwell v. Boston & Worcester R.R. (1842)
Patricia A. Reeve, Boston College

“ Railroading Is Virtually a State of War”: Railroaders, Bodily Sacrifice, and the Quest for Privileged Citizenship, 1870–1910
John Williams-Searle, University of Iowa

Paying for Baby: Maternity, Fringe Benefits, and the Rise of a Private Welfare State, 1945–63
Ruth L. Fairbanks, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Your Job or Your Life: Grassroots Advocacy for Occupational Health in the U.S. and Great Britain, 1970s
Allison L. Hepler, University of Maine at Farmington
Comment: David Rosner, Columbia University