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Fair Labor: The Life and Work of Bessie Margolin (1909-1996)

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Fair Labor Lawyer book cover.
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Fair Labor Lawyer book cover.

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Fair Labor Lawyer book cover.
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Fair Labor Lawyer book cover.

Courtesy of LSU Press

Scholar Marlene Trestman's book is the first biography of New Deal attorney and Supreme Court advocate Bessie Margolin (1909-1996). 

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