Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Formation of a Female Labor Force in the Rice Fields 2. Weeders' Lives 3. The Early Stage of Mobilization: Protest Actions, Socialist Propaganda, and the Weeders' Response in 1901 4. The First Results of Mobilization 5. Years of Progress, Years of Action, 1903-6 6. Holding the Line, 1907-10 7. Withstanding Agrarian Militancy and Wars, 1911-15 8. Weeders' Consciousness as Women and Workers Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index