Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 91-98

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Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 91-98

Alice Kessler-Harris, Alondra Nelson, Columbia University, edX, 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 New Labor and Alt Labor with Nick Juravich | Rethinking Gender

#MeToo | Rethinking Gender

Science, Identity and the Politics of Intersectionality with Alondra Nelson

Gender, Race and the Politics of Identity with Alondra Nelson

Conclusion | Rethinking Gender

Change or Continuity in Women’s Economic Options? with Alondra Nelson

The Next Generation of Women’s Organizing with Nick Juravich

Stacey Abrams and Intersectional Politics with Nick Juravich

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

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In 1820 Lowell, known as East Chelmsford, MA at the time, had a population of 200 and was a farming community. Thirty years later, the population had grown to 33,000 and one could find 32 textile mills in existence there. Lowell was an ideal location for these mills because it was located near the Merrimac River. The river supplied the water necessary to run these factories.

Iowa Labor History Oral Project

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The Iowa Labor History Oral Project (ILHOP) is an innovative statewide initiative to document Iowa’s rich labor and working class history through the collection and preservation of oral histories. A joint project of the Iowa Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO), the University of Iowa Labor Center,…

Sheldon Dick, photographer. Sitdown strikers in the Fisher body plant factory number three. Flint, Michigan. 1937. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Dec. 30, 1936: First Sit-Down Strike Begins in Flint

History Sites, Michigan, Protests, Strikes & Rallies, Resources, Zinn Education Project

The Flint sit-down strike, which started on Dec. 30, 1936, represented a shift in union organizing strategies from craft unionism (organizing white male skilled workers) to industrial unionism (organizing all the workers in an industry). The sit-down strike changed the balance of power between employers and workers.

I remember the day when my father, a West Virginia University professor, accompanied some of his students to Charleston for Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in February 2018.

Women Have Always Worked, an edX Course Exploration, 91-98

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