Free Out To Work: A History Of Wage-Earning Women In The United States, 20th Anniversary Edition Ebooks To Download
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.
Paperback: 414 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 20th edition (2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195157095
ISBN-13: 978-0195157093
Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 0.9 x 5.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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I've been reading US women's history for a couple of years now,working on background for a novel, and I have seen nothing thatmatches this book for careful, detailed exposition of the role ofwomen in the workplace. I'm most familiar with the period from1880 to 1910, and Kessler-Harris covers that era thoroughly andconvincingly. Reading about the earlier years, though, has greatlyincreased my understanding of the period I've been studying.Kessler-Harris shows how paternalistic beliefs about "woman'splace," and views of women as weak and basically stupid, have fromthe beginning deeply influenced the lives of women of all classes, butshe also shows how even the development of new machinery infactories was shaped by the needs of employers to find cheapworkers--who were, of course, women.I wish women would read this book. Talk aboutconsciousness-raising!Having done a good deal of historical research with primary sources, on other subjects and in other periods, I know Kessler-Harris has been thorough and conscientious. She also writes very well. I'm going to buy the new edition, because whatever she has to say will be fascinating.
I read this for class. It was full of all of the information I needed for my report in women's studies, but I did not find the author's voice to be particularly engaging.
This excellent book describes how women have always worked in what is today the USA. Well written with good examples it tells the story of how women moved from working primarily at home industries through early factory days (and how factories were made acceptable and then degraded into sweat shops and worse). It continues the story through the 19th and 20th centuries, discussing how often public perceptions and rhetoric conflicted with actual work practices. I am very glad it is out in a new edition and that a new generation will have easy access to it.
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