Americans are taught FDR was the hero of the Great Depression. For one historian, that's erasure

Historian Dana Frank emphasizes that the story of the 1937 strike by African American wet nurses in Chicago illustrates both the fight for fair wages and collective action amidst systemic inequality.

Frank argues that the outcome of the strike did not signify defeat, stating, 'Progress is not linear... workers challenge employers, and struggles often overlap and are interconnected within the broader labor movement.'

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