Author:
Kessler-Harris, Alice, author.
Edition Statement:Second edition.
ImprintUrbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Descriptionx, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"A classic since its original publication, Women Have Always Worked brings 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 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." --Back cover.
