Women's Work: Gender Labor in US Histry

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This class examines women as an economic force in American history. Topics will include womens unpaid and paid domestic work, women and industrialization, the growth of labor unions, female-dominated professions, and opportunities for women in higher education. Feminist frameworks of recognizing womens search for gender equality will inform the analysis of the role of race, class and ethnicity in creating sexual divisions of labor. HA