Out to Work: The History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States

Type

Book

Authors

Alice Kessler-Harris

ISBN 10

0195030249

ISBN 13

9780195030242

Tags

Labor & Industrial Relations, United States, Women in History, Women's Studies, History, Political Science, Gender Studies

Description

First published in 1982, this pioneering work traces the transformation of "women's work" into wage labor in the United States, identifying the social, economic, and ideological forces that have shaped our expectations of what women do. Basing her observations upon the personal experience of individual American women set against the backdrop of American society, Alice Kessler-Harris examines the effects of class, ethnic and racial patterns, changing perceptions of wage work for women, and the relationship between wage-earning and family roles. In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this landmark book, the author has updated the original and written a new Afterword. - from Amzon

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