Out to Work

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.

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Other Editions

• Out to Work: A History of Wage-EArning Women in the United States 20th Anniversay EditionOxford University Press, Incorporated1899-01-01
• Out to workOxford University Press1982-01-01
• Out to WorkOxford University Press, USA1983-07-14
• Out to WorkOxford University Press, USA2002-12-27
• Out to workOxford University Press2003-01-01
• Out to work