How Asian American Women Fought for Garment Workers’ Rights

Billie Jean King during the final of the 1978 US Open Women's Doubles tennis tournament

Rachel Chang writes for Biography.com as well as&nbsp;for Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Airbnb Magazine, Lonely Planet and the&nbsp;Washington Post.&nbsp;

Rachel Chang

Rachel Chang writes for Biography.com as well as&nbsp;for Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Airbnb Magazine, Lonely Planet and the&nbsp;Washington Post.&nbsp;

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History

Immigration, the movement of people living in one country into another country, is a fundamental aspect of human history, though it was as controversial hundreds of years ago as it is today.

Immigration

From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Marie Curie and countless others have played a vital role in human civilization.

Women’s History

Though the 19th century saw the rise of populism, the labor movement and Jacksonian democracy, it also ushered in the Gilded Age, when men like Cornelius Vanderbilt and J. P. Morgan wielded control over politics and business.

19th Century

During the 1980s, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture.

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How Billie Jean King Led the Equal Pay for Play Battle

When 20,000 Asian Americans Demanded Garment Workers’ Rights—And Won