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Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 61-70

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 61-70

Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University, edX, Media, Nancy Cott, Nick Juravich, People, Resources, Suzanne Kahn, 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.

Strategies for Change: The Courts | The Road to Democracy
Suzanne Kahn on Ruth Bader Ginsburg | The Road to Democracy
Are Women Different Or the Same? | The Road to Democracy
Challenges to Marriage in the 1970s with Nancy Cott | The Road to Democracy
The Changing Family with Suzanne Kahn and Nick Juravich
Battles Over Reproductive Justice: From Griswold to Roe v. Wade
Looking Forward | The Road to Democracy
The Impact of Feminism with Vivian Gornick | The Road to Democracy
Freedom and Equality at Odds | Having It All
Challenges to Feminism with Vivian Gornick | Having It All

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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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