Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 41-50

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Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 41-50

Alice Kessler-Harris, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Columbia University, edX, Linda Gordon, Linda Kerber, Media, People, 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.

Coverture Disintegrates | The Meaning of Freedom when Gender is At Issue

The Crumbling of Coverture, 1920-1980 with Linda Kerber

Federal Programs for Women with Linda Gordon

Women’s Strike for Equality with Blanche Wiesen Cook

What Do Women Want? Questions of Sisterhood | The Second Wave in Action

Feminism in the 1970s with Vivian Gornick Part 1 | The Second Wave in Action

Feminism in the 1970s with Vivian Gornick Part 2 | The Second Wave in Action

Radical Feminists and Reproductive Politics | The Second Wave in Action

Younger Women Emerge in the Feminist Movement with Linda Gordon

Divisions and Challenges to Male Domination with Linda Gordon

Video Gallery

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

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In 2018, there were 20 major work stoppages involving 485,000 workers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of major work stoppages beginning in 2018 was the highest since 2007 (21 major work stoppages). The number of workers involved was the highest since 1986 (533,000 workers).

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