Cobble, Dorothy Sue.   The Other Women's Movement.   "The Other Wave."

            Dorothy Cobble begins her book with "The Other Wave" as a means to provide background knowledge about the cultural tendency to disregard the impact of class differences among women.   To segue from her idealistic vision of altering this trend to a real-life example of this change, Cobble introduces Myra Wolfgang and methodically describes her dedication to the cause.   Cobble uses the term, "labor feminists," to describe Wolfgang and other women with similar goals "to eliminate sex-based disadvantages" (Cobble, 2), specifically focusing on the needs of working class women.   Cobble blends her own opinions with historical documents, ideas of past and present leaders of unions, and statements from labor parties to create a persuasive piece that aims to alter the way people perceive labor women.   The author argues that, although lower income women are no longer ignored, they "continue to be misunderstood and misrepresented."   (Cobble, 1)   Cobble presents a number of arguments without necessarily supporting any of them with strong evidence, but it is excusable as this is the introduction to a book.   Overall, however, Dorothy Cobble constructs a convincing case around the way labor women reformers are valued, taking in to account economic, racial, and cultural differences. -A.D.