Ileen DeVault
Professor of Labor History
Ileen DeVault is Professor of Labor History at Cornell University’s ILR School in Ithaca, NY. She teaches classes on labor and working-class history. She is the author of two books, "Sons and Daughters of Labor" and "United Apart: Gender and the Rise of Craft Unionism," as well as many articles. Her current research involves examining the impact of workers’ family status on their workplace and union experiences between 1880 and 1930 and in the present.