Out to Work: A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (Anniversary)

Author/Contributor(s):	Kessler-Harris, Alice
Publisher:	Oxford University Press, USA
Date:	02/13/2003
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.