Writings, Speeches and Songs, 1956-2016
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This series contains materials related to Tax's writings, speeches and songs. It includes drafts and research files from her historical novels Rivington St. and Union Square (working title The Bright Future ) about Eastern European immigrants living in New York City in the early twentieth century and their engagement with radical politics. There is some material about Tax's 1980 book The Rising of the Women , about rise of feminism and its relationship with union and labor movements, and its 2001 reprint, as well as some material about her 1980 children's book Families . Articles and columns she wrote for a number of publications, including The Nation , are included. It also includes drafts of an unpublished novel and memoir, professional correspondence related to her writing career, as well as early writings and memorabilia from high school and college.
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