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

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
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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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