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Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 21-30

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 21-30

Alice Kessler-Harris, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Columbia University, edX, Elaine Tyler May, Media, Nick Juravich, 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.

The Women’s Strike for Peace with Blanche Wiesen Cook

The Effective Use of Womanpower | The Woman Citizen in a Cold War World

The Feminine Mystique | The Woman Citizen in a Cold War World

June Cleaver and Leave It To Beaver

Artifact Examination: Methods of Birth Control with Elaine Tyler May

Historical Writing and Activism with Blanche Wiesen Cook

The President’s Commission on the Status of Women

The 1960 Election with Nick Juravich

E. Roosevelt, President’s Commission on the Status of Women with B. W. Cook

The Civil Rights Movement | The Meaning of Freedom When Gender is at Issue

Video Gallery

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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