Out to Work: The History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (Galaxy Books)

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"Does an outstanding job integrating women's history and labor history. I am especially impressed by the interplay of culture and technology in this sophisticated analysis."--M. Bellesiles, Emory University

"Without doubt, one of the most influential and well-written books on the subject yet to appear. A real must for courses on labor history or women's history."--Marlette Rebhorn, Austin Community College

"[A] fine and expansive work."--New Directions for Women

"In this fine and expansive work, Alice Kessler-Harris traces the history of wage-earning women in America from colonial times through the present."--New Directions for Women

"This brilliant account of the subtle interplay between ideology, job opportunity, and economic pressures of the times, and the manipulation of women in the labor force over the past three centuries will startle and inform."--Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

"A major historical analysis of women in the wage labor force from colonial times to the present."--Sociology Reviews of New Books

"Without a doubt the single best survey of transformation of women's paid and unpaid work from the colonial period to the present."--American Historical Review

"At last--a study that sees women's family work and paid work as an interconnected whole! Kessler-Harris' sophisticated analysis of the relationship of work-force segmentation and cultural attitudes about women's role makes an important advance, blending Labor and Women's History in a highly readable text."--Gerda Lerner, University of Wisconsin, Madison

"Destined to become the standard work on its subject, the indispensable book to read for anyone interested in the history of wage-earning women in America."--David Brody, University of California, Davis

"[A] highly readable, wide ranging and exciting synthesis of the history of women's work--the best one volume treatment I've seen."--Barbara Melosh, George Mason University

About the Author

Alice Kessler-Harris, Professor of History, Hofstra University.

Series: Galaxy Books (Book 744)
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (July 14, 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195033531
ISBN-13: 978-0195033533
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.8 x 8 inches
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Carter Jefferson

Thorough and Vastly Informative

October 22, 2006

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I've been reading US women's history for a couple of years now,

working on background for a novel, and I have seen nothing that

matches this book for careful, detailed exposition of the role of

women in the workplace. I'm most familiar with the period from

1880 to 1910, and Kessler-Harris covers that era thoroughly and

convincingly. Reading about the earlier years, though, has greatly

increased my understanding of the period I've been studying.

Kessler-Harris shows how paternalistic beliefs about "woman's

place," and views of women as weak and basically stupid, have from

the beginning deeply influenced the lives of women of all classes, but

she also shows how even the development of new machinery in

factories was shaped by the needs of employers to find cheap

workers--who were, of course, women.

I wish women would read this book. Talk about

consciousness-raising!

Having done a good deal of historical research with primary sources, on other subjects and in other periods, I know Kessler-Harris has been thorough and conscientious. She also writes very well. I'm going to buy the new edition, because whatever she has to say will be fascinating.

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October 6, 2012

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I read this for class. It was full of all of the information I needed for my report in women's studies, but I did not find the author's voice to be particularly engaging.

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February 13, 2003

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This excellent book describes how women have always worked in what is today the USA. Well written with good examples it tells the story of how women moved from working primarily at home industries through early factory days (and how factories were made acceptable and then degraded into sweat shops and worse). It continues the story through the 19th and 20th centuries, discussing how often public perceptions and rhetoric conflicted with actual work practices. I am very glad it is out in a new edition and that a new generation will have easy access to it.

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