Domestic worker, Mother of the Movement

<p>She started as a young domestic worker in apartheid South Africa, became General Secretary of the <a href='http://www.sadsawu.com/'>South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union</a> and was the first president of the <a href='https://idwfed.org/'>International Domestic Workers Federation</a>; Myrtle Witbooi – who died on January 16 – in her own voice and remembered by the <a href='https://www.solidaritycenter.org/'>Solidarity Center’s</a> Alexis De Simone. On this week’s <a href='https://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/'>Labor History in Two</a>:  The Most Dangerous Woman in America.   </p> <p>Questions, comments, or suggestions are welcome, and to find out how you can be a part of Labor History Today, email us at <a href='mailto:LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com'>LaborHistoryToday@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Labor History Today is produced by <a href='https://unioncityradio.podbean.com/'>Union City Radio</a> and the <a href='https://lwp.georgetown.edu/'>Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor</a>.</p> <p>#LaborRadioPod #History #WorkingClass #ClassStruggle @GeorgetownKILWP #LaborHistory @UMDMLA @ILLaborHistory @AFLCIO @StrikeHistory #LaborHistory @wrkclasshistory  @SolidarityCntr @domesticworkers #Domesticworkers</p>