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ISBN: 0393312623

ISBN13: 9780393312621

America's Working Women: A Documentary History 1600 to the Present

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Book Overview

A landmark work when it appeared in 1976, America's Working Women helped form the field of women's studies and transform labor history. Now the authors have enlarged the dimensions of this important anthology; more than half the selections and all the introductory material are new. Spanning the years from 1600 to the present, selections from diaries, popular magazines, historical works, oral histories, letters, songs, poetry, and fiction show women's creativity in supporting themselves, their families, and organizations or associations. Slave women recall their field work, family work, and sabotage. We see Indian women farming, and we also see the white culture coercing Indian women to give up farming. We see women in industry playing a central part in the union movement while facing the particular hazards of women's jobs and working conditions. New selections show the historical origins of today's important issues: sexual harassment, equal pay, sex work," work in the underground economy, work in the home, and shift work. With an expanded focus on women from all racial and ethnic backgrounds and regions, America's Working Women grounds us in the battles women have fought and the ones they are in the process of winning.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0393312623

ISBN13:9780393312621

Release Date:June 1995

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:404 Pages

Weight:1.29 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Americas Economics History Labor & Industrial Relations Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Unemployment

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Rated 5 stars
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By Thriftbooks.com User, August 31, 2003

_America's Working Women_ is a magnificient and thorough anthology of the female experience in America. I was particularly impressed and pleased that not just European - American women were included, but also Native Americans, immigrants (just off the boat from where-ever), Asian - Americans, African - Americans, Hispanic - Americans ... it is very comprehensive in this regard.Baxandall also covers a wide variety of issues...

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Rated 5 stars
Every woman should have a copy

By Thriftbooks.com User, September 17, 1998

"America's Working Women" should be on a shelf in every woman's home. I am so impressed by the way Baxandall and Gordon use personal stories and wonderful narrative to illustrate the history of women in the labor force. Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah I have been constantly bombarded with the myth that my place was in the home and that it wasn't my responsibility to have a career. I was encouraged to abandon my career...

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