'Pullman Company Maids' exhibit captures Black women's work experience during Jim Crow
Long overshadowed by the porter men, the maids were smaller in number. Often they were the only Black female employee within a Pullman car.
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Long overshadowed by the porter men, the maids were smaller in number. Often they were the only Black female employee within a Pullman car.
In May of 1894, a labor dispute known as the Pullman strike began in Illinois. Related riots reflected discontent with labor conditions on the railroad and would soon reverberate across the country, affecting a wide swath of states, including North Dakota.
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