History on Tap: Iowa's Rebel Girl

We'll focus on Pearl McGill and the Promise of Inclusive Unionism from 1894-1929.

This Thursday is a look at how workers in the freshwater pearl button industry organized unions to improve their wages and working conditions. Understanding the advocacy of the militant button workers of Muscatine shines a light on the larger struggle that swept the nation as mass production workers in the garment, textile, and button industries – many of whom were women – rose up to demand their rights.

Thursday, August 21
Drinks at 5 PM (Cash Bar with snacks)
Speaker at 5:30 PM

History On Tap Events are free with General Admission ($5 OFF after 3:30!)

History On Tap is every third Thursday of the month!

You may also like the following events from Putnam Museum:

• Next Thursday, 19th June, 05:00 pm, History on Tap: Lost Cinema in Davenport
• Next Sunday, 22nd June, 02:00 pm, Facebook LIVE - "Bone" Voyage! in Davenport, Iowa
• This month, 23rd June, 05:30 pm, Davenport Civil Rights Trolley Tour in Davenport