Out to work
Subtitle: a history of wage-earning women in the United States
By: Alice Kessler-Harris.
Edition: 20th anniversary ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford, Eng; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
Subjects: Women -- Employment -- United States -- History; Working class women -- United States -- History
Description: Overview: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.