Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 31-40

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Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 31-40

Alice Kessler-Harris, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Columbia University, edX, Elaine Tyler May, Linda Gordon, Media, People, Premilla Nadasen, Resources, Video, Videos, Vivian Gornick, Women Have Always Worked, Women LaborJanuary 28, 2022

The following are video previews from the edX course “Women Have Always Worked” presented by Alice Kessler-Harris and Columbia University.

The War on Poverty with Premilla Nadasen

Civil Rights and Labor Organizing with Premilla Nadasen

The War in Vietnam and the New Left

Unleashing Women’s Imaginations: Cultural and Sexual Revolution

The Pill and the Women’s Movement in the 1960s with Elaine Tyler May

The Lesbian Movement with Blanche Wiesen Cook

Race and Birth Control with Elaine Tyler May

A Women’s Politics Emerges: The Equal Employment Opportunities Commission

Origins of Second-Wave Feminism with Linda Gordon

Doc. Exam.: Photos from the Women’s March for Equality with Vivian Gornick

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Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.

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From the first national strike in 1877 to the nation’s first unionized Apple store, Maryland workers have long been at the center of labor history, fighting in the name of a better, more just life for all. As the state of Maryland celebrates its 250th anniversary, Maryland250 Labor History aims to ensure that we not only remember and celebrate this legacy, but treat it as a guide for our future.

A collaborative and volunteer-run project, MD250 Labor History is bringing this history to life through historical documents, podcasts, walking tours, videos, and more. We hope it will serve as a robust resource for generations of workers to come.

The Center for Working-Class Studies

History Sites, Resources, Youngstown State University

The Center for Working-Class Studies (CWCS) at Youngstown State University (YSU) was the first academic program in the U.S. to focus on issues of work and class. CWCS members have been at the forefront of “new working-class studies,” an international movement that brings together academics,…

Air traffic controllers picket near a fence at DFW Airport's FAA tower during the PATCO strike. Aug. 5, 1981. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection)

The 1981 PATCO Strike

History Sites, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, UTA Libraries

In August 1981, over 12,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) walked off the job after contract negotiations with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) broke down.

What Are Community Schools?

California, Los Angeles, Media, PDF, PDF WTM, PDF WTM Los Angeles, Research Collections, Resources, UTLA - United Teachers Los Angeles, When Teachers Mobilize

UTLA believes every child has a right to attend a high-quality Sustainable Community School in their neighborhood.

The Strike That Couldn’t Happen, The Great Postal Strike of March 1970

American Postal Workers Union, APWU, Great Postal Strike, Media, Postal Workers, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, Video, Videos

APWU remembers the Great Postal Strike of March 1970. For more background on the successful wildcat strike that earned postal workers the right to bargain collectively for better pay and benefits.

How did the Lowell system contribute to the industrialization of the united states?

History Sites, Lisbdnet.com, Lowell, Lowell Mill Girls, Lowell Mills, Massachusetts, Resources

Lowell built on the advances made in the British textile industry, such as the use of the power loom, to industrialize American textile production. He was the first factory owner in the United States to create a textile mill that was vertically integrated.

Paint Creek JCT, Coal Mine Strike, Cabin Creek, W. Va.

Primary Source Guide for HIST 250 Spring 2021: Mine Wars – West Virginia University

History Sites, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, West Virginia, West Virginia University

Overall mine wars resources, a major collection.

The Day the Mail Stopped

Great Postal Strike, History Sites, National Association of Letter Carriers, Postal Workers, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources

The wildcat Postal strike that began on March 18, 1970 signaled the end of collective begging and the beginning of collective bargaining that raised hundreds of thousands of postal workers, craft and management, from poverty level wages to middle class wage earners.

How did the lowell system affect the lives of young, unmarried women in the united states?

History Sites, Lowell, Lowell Mill Girls, Lowell Mills, Massachusetts, Resources

In the early 19th century the United States of America began to experience many changes. In parts of the country there was a shift from an agrarian society to an industrial society.

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 31-40

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