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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
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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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