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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Distinguished labor historian Alice Kessler-Harris was a pioneer in the history of women's work at home and at the workplace. This re-issue of her 1981 history is still the best short introduction to the topic. Now a new chapter on the recent past provides a pithy—and disturbing—report on women's work today and the impact of right-wing efforts to undo the gains that working women fought for and won in the 1960s and 1970s."--Linda Gordon, author of
The Moral Property of Women: The History of Birth Control Politics in America "
Women Have Always Worked is carefully researched and comprehensive, well written and accessible to non-academic readers." --
On The Seawall "While adeptly covering centuries of women's work, this wise and wide-ranging survey engages big questions about values in private and public life and always keeps in view the range of life-situations among women of various descriptions. It is a treat to have this revised edition."--Nancy F. Cott, author of
Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the NationTable of ContentsCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgments1The Meaning of Work in Women’s Lives2 Household Labor3 Working for Wages4 Women's Social Mission5 Changing the Shape of the Workforce6 Equality and Freedom at OddsNotesIndex
