38 stunning photos of women's protests in Detroit

1970s | Group of women with signs march on sidewalk near building, participating in Alice Doesn't Day, a one-day work stoppage organized by the National Organization for Women to draw attention to the work that women perform in society.

1970s | Group of women with signs march on sidewalk near building, participating in Alice Doesn't Day, a one-day work stoppage organized by the National Organization for Women to draw attention to the work that women perform in society.

1970s | Group of women with signs participates in Alice Doesn't Day, a one-day work stoppage organized by the National Organization for Women to draw attention to the work that women perform in society, in foreground magazines such as "Women's Day" burn in a hibachi.

1970s | Group of women from the National Organization for Women stand under the awning at the entrance to the Detroit Athletic Club.

1970s | Group of women from the National Organization for Women stand on steps inside the Detroit Athletic Club.

1970s | Two women attempt to light magazines and other materials on fire inside hibachi, at a one day work stoppage organized by the National Organization for Women called Alice Doesn't Day, to draw attention to the work that women perform in society, with women carrying signs behind them.

1970s | Women wearing traditional clothing of long skirts, shawls and head scarves stand together holding signs, one reads, "We shall pray in Jerusalem, soon," on sidewalk in front of unidentified building.

1970s | Women wearing saris and head scarves stand together holding signs, one reads, "Palestinians are human too, what about their human rights," on steps of unidentified building.

1930s | Large group of women, identified as Cigar Girls, march with picket signs, reading, "Factories are not prisons" and "We demand shop elections," at unidentified location in Detroit, Michigan. "Sitdowning became a popular tactic among disgruntled workers, especially among the predominately female work force of Detroit's tobacco companies," from Up in smoke: Cigar making in Detroit by Thomas L. Jones, special to The Detroit News.

1930s | A large group of women march down Detroit, Michigan street in support of striking U.A,W. workers at Dodge. "The sit-downers were supported by thousands of pickets, a mass demonstration of more than 50,000 in Cadillac Square and a Women's Auxiliary that conducted various activities to boost morale on and off the picket line..." from American Vanguard: The United Auto Workers During the Reuther Years, 1935-1970, by John Barnard.

1930s | Picketing; Dodge Plant

1930s | Couples dance on what appears to be the roof of the Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company building in Detroit, Michigan. "In the Thirties, Yale & Towne resisted unionization so bitterly that it closed a plant in Detroit rather than deal with a union, at one point a federal judge censured the company for its anti-labor activity," from Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s, by George Lipsitz.

1930s | Striking restaurant workers, some holding up a hand or fist, pose for picture, during sit-down strike against Stouffer Restaurant.

1940s | Two women wearing only corsets, stocking and heels lead group of striking workers of the American Lady Corset Company in Detroit, Michigan.

1940s | Two women wearing only corsets, stocking and heels lead group of striking workers of the American Lady Corset Company in Detroit, Michigan.

1930s | Striking female employees of Yale & Towne Manufacturing Comapny stand behind bars of jail cell. "In the Thirties, Yale & Towne resisted unionization so bitterly that it closed a plant in Detroit rather than deal with a union, at one point a federal judge censured the company for its anti-labor activity," from Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s, by George Lipsitz.

1930s | Striking female employees of Yale & Towne Manufacturing Comapny stand behind bars of jail cell. "In the Thirties, Yale & Towne resisted unionization so bitterly that it closed a plant in Detroit rather than deal with a union, at one point a federal judge censured the company for its anti-labor activity," from Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s, by George Lipsitz.

1930s | Large group of female employees pose for camera with signs that read, "We won," at conclusion of sit-down strike at Woolworth Company in Detroit, Michigan.

1930s | Large group of women, identified as Cigar Girls, march with picket signs, reading, "Factories are not prisons" and "We demand shop elections," at unidentified location in Detroit, Michigan. "Sitdowning became a popular tactic among disgruntled workers, especially among the predominately female work force of Detroit's tobacco companies," from Up in smoke: Cigar making in Detroit by Thomas L. Jones, special to The Detroit News.

1930s | Striking restaurant workers, some holding up a hand or fist, pose for picture, during sit-down strike against Stouffer Restaurant.