Etta King on the 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott

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On May 15, 1902, Jewish housewives began a major boycott of kosher meat to protest unfair prices. Etta King discusses how their tactics set the stage for many of the more famous labor protests that followed.

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Jewish Women's Archive. " Etta King on the 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott." (Viewed on April 17, 2024) <http://jwa.org/media/etta-king-on-kosher-meat-boycott>.