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Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 11-20

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 11-20

Alice Kessler-Harris, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Columbia University, edX, Elaine Tyler May, Media, People, Resources, Video, Videos, 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.

Shifting Sexual Consciousness | The Woman Citizen in a Cold War World
Questions of Sexual Autonomy with Elaine Tyler May
The Lavender Scare with Elaine Tyler May
Children in the 1950s with Elaine Tyler May
Birth Control for Family Planning with Elaine Tyler May
The Changing Shape of Women’s Activism: The Civil Rights
The Changing Shape of Women’s Activism: The Labor Movement
The Changing Shape of Women’s Activism: Peace and Human Rights Part 1
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Work and the United Nations with Blanche Wiesen Cook
The Changing Shape of Women’s Activism: Peace and Human Rights Part 2
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Women Have Always Worked: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018.
An exploration from an online edX course.

DateMarch 2019Provided byAlice Kessler-HarrisMain CollectionHistory MediaAreaResourcesReferenceResearch CollectionsShare

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