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

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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.

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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

One of the most significant struggles for workers’ rights began on January 12, 1912, in Lawrence, Mass., when thousands of textile workers began a walkout that would come to be known as the Bread and Roses Strike, the Lawrence Textile Strike, and the Singing Strike. Read an overview and find teaching resources below.

View: Vanessa Arredondo, Part 1, an Oral History

Vanessa Arredondo, Part 1, an Oral History

Arizona, Joel Berger, Media, Oral History, Oral History Arizona, People, Vanessa Arredondo, Video, Video WTM, Videos, Videos WTM, When Teachers Mobilize

When Teachers Mobilize Oral Histories

View: Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 51-60

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 51-60

Alice Kessler-Harris, Columbia University, edX, Media, Nick Juravich, People, Resources, Suzanne Kahn, Video, Videos, Vivian Gornick, Women Have Always Worked, Women Labor

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

View: Antiwar and Radical History Project–Pacific Northwest

Antiwar and Radical History Project–Pacific Northwest

History Sites, Local, Resources, University of Washington (UW)

The Pacific Northwest Antiwar and Radical History Project is a multimedia web project that aims to chronicle the social impact of war and the rich history of antiwar activity in the Northwest. With video oral histories, hundreds of photographs and documents, GI underground newspapers, movement…

President Reagan with William French Smith making a statement to the press regarding the air traffic controllers strike (PATCO) from the Rose Garden on August 3, 1981.

View: PATCO: The Strike That Changed American Labor

PATCO: The Strike That Changed American Labor

History Sites, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, The Takeaway

The Takeaway traces it all back to August 1981, when nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers went on strike creating a standoff with Ronald Reagan that ended when he fired the majority of them and de-certified their union, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.

View: HERB: Social History for Every Classroom

HERB: Social History for Every Classroom

American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning, History Sites, Resources

Created by the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, HERB is a database of primary documents, classroom activities, and other teaching materials in U.S. history. Named in honor of ASHP/CML’s co-founder, labor historian Herbert…

Surveillance photos taken from the Exchange Building show the National Guard gathered at the center of Concord Street at the height of the 1948 meatpackers strike.

View: 1948 Meatpackers Strike

1948 Meatpackers Strike

1948 Meatpackers Strike, Dakota County Historical Society, History Sites, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources

Many were home from war and wanted more than ever to live a long full life. Others had worked long days and nights during the war to feed the troops overseas as well as Americans on the home front. Some had migrated to the cities from farms and small towns looking for work.

View: Meeting with Governor Justice at University High School – 2018 WV strike – Monongalia County, West Virginia, Carrie Beatty Collection

Meeting with Governor Justice at University High School – 2018 WV strike – Monongalia County, West Virginia, Carrie Beatty Collection

Carrie Beatty, Media, Monongalia County, Photo Gallery, Photos WTM, Photos WTM West Virginia, Resources, West Virginia, When Teachers Mobilize

A gallery of photos to explore.

Frances Benjamin Johnston, photographer. Wooden Box Industry: women in work room of box factory. ca 1910. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

View: Founding of the National Labor Union and the 1st National Call for a 8-Hour Work Day

Founding of the National Labor Union and the 1st National Call for a 8-Hour Work Day

Baltimore, History Sites, Library of Congress, Maryland, Organizations, Resources, Working Class Activism Organizations

The National Labor Union was founded on August 20, 1866, in Baltimore, Maryland. It was the first attempt to create a national labor group in the United States and one of their first actions was the first national call for Congress to mandate an 8-hour work day.

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

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