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Book Synopsis"Puerto Rican Women and Work: Bridges in Transnational Labor" is the only comprehensive study of the role of Puerto Rican women workers in the evolution of a transnational labor force in the twentieth century. This book examines Puerto Rican women workers, both in Puerto Rico and on the U.S. mainland. It contains a range of information - historical, ethnographic, and statistical. The contributors provide insights into the effects of migration and unionization on women's work, taking into account U.S. colonialism and globalization of capitalism throughout the century as well as the impact of Operation Bootstrap.The essays are arranged in chronological order to reveal the evolutionary nature of women's work and the fluctuations in migration, technology, and the economy. This one-of-a-kind collection will be a valuable resource for those interested in women's studies, ethnic studies, and Puerto Rican and Latino studies, as well as labor studies. Altagracia Ortiz is Professor of History and Puerto Rican Studies at John Jay College, the City University of New York. She has written numerous articles on Puerto Rican women and work and is author of "Eighteenth-Century Reforms in the Caribbean".
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Altagracia Ortiz 1. Needlewomen under the New Deal in Puerto Rico, 1920-1945 Eileen Boris 2. "En la aguja y el pedal eche la hiel": Puerto Rican Women in the Garment Industry of New York City, 1920-1980 Altagracia Ortiz 3. Toward Bilingual Education: Puerto Rican Women Teachers in New York City Schools, 1947-1967 Virginia Sanchez Korrol 4. The Impact of Job Losses on Puerto Rican Women in the Middle Atlantic Region, 1970-1980 Alice Colon-Warren 5. Our Two Full-Time Jobs: Women Garment Workers Balance Factory and Domestic Demands in Puerto Rico Carmen A. Perez-Herranz 6. Gender and Politics: Grassroots Leadership among Puerto Rican Women in a Health Struggle Marya Munoz-Vazquez 7. Negotiating Gender, Work, and Welfare: Familia as Productive Labor among Puerto Rican Women in New York City Rosa M. Torruellas, Rina Benmayor, and Ana Juarbe 8. New Tappings on the Keys: Changes in Work and Gender Roles for Women Clerical Workers in Puerto Rico Geraldine J. Casey About the Contributors Index
