Women’s Labour Activism is a public history project that tells the histories of women activists from Eastern, Central, and Southeastern Europe, who fought to improve women’s position in the world of labour. The project seeks to amplify their contributions to struggles for a more just society.
Further Readings
If you want to learn more about women’s labour activism in Eastern, Central, and Southeastern Europe and internationally, explore the full list of academic publications authored by the research team.
Collaborative Monograph
Women’s Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond: A New Transnational History, co-authored by the research team, is available in Open Access.
Edited Volume
An edited collection featuring research of a wider network of scholars working on women’s activism Through the Prism of Gender and Work, now available in Open Access.
Public History Book
Striking Activism: Women’s Labour Struggles in Eastern Europe and Beyond in the Long 20th Century. A Public History Volume in 13 Languages by Emily Gioielli, forthcoming in 2026 and available in Open Access.
ZARAH DB
We also host ZARAH DB, a database offering students and scholars important annotatedprimary sources related to the history of women’s labour activism in Eastern, Central, and Southeastern Europe and internationally.
Women’s Labour Activism
in Eastern Europe and Transnationally,
From the Age of Empires
to the Late 20th Century
This research project, led by Susan Zimmermann at Central European University (Vienna, Austria), has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 833691 – ZARAH).