Women have always worked : a concise history / Alice Kessler-Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kessler-Harris, Alice, author.

Series:

Working class in American history.

The working class in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--United States--History.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]

Summary:

A classic since its original publication, Women Have Always Worked brought much-needed insight into the ways work has shaped female lives and sensibilities. Beginning in the colonial era, Alice Kessler-Harris looks at the public and private work spheres of diverse groups of women-housewives and trade unionists, immigrants and African Americans, professionals and menial laborers, and women from across the class spectrum. She delves into issues ranging from the gendered nature of the success ethic to the social activism and the meaning of citizenship for female wage workers. This second edition adds artwork and features significant updates. A new chapter by Kessler-Harris follows women into the early twenty-first century as they confront barriers of race, sex, and class to earn positions in the new information society.

Contents:

The meaning of work in women's lives

Household labor

Working for wages

Women's social mission

Changing the shape of the workforce

Equality and freedom at odds.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252050626

0252050622

OCLC:

1065537231