Actors Organize: A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880-1919

by KerrySegrave (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $49.38

  Explores the history of American actors' attempts to unionize in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This book focuses on the two unions of the time, the White Rats Actors' Union of America and the Actors' Equity Association. It chronicles the formation of the unions and outlines the roles of union leaders Harry Mountford and Francis Wilson.