{"product_id":"women-have-always-worked-9780252083587","title":"Women Have Always Worked","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Moral Property of Women: The History of Birth Control Politics in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eWomen Have Always Worked\u003c\/i\u003e is carefully researched and comprehensive, well written and accessible to non-academic readers.\" --\u003ci\u003eOn The Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"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 \u003ci\u003ePublic Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoverTitleCopyrightContentsAcknowledgments1The 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","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400509661527,"sku":"9780252083587","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252083587.jpg?v=1730470856","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-have-always-worked-9780252083587","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}