Mary Romero & Elizabeth Higginbotham 
Women and Work [PDF ebook] 
Vol 6: Exploring Race, Ethnicity and Class

This collection of original research articles explores how race, ethnicity, and social class have shaped the work lives of women. Women and Work explores womenÆs working conditions, their wages and salaries, their abilities to control their work environments, and how they see themselves and their options in the workplace. A great deal of importance is given to women of color, non-citizens, and working-class womenùgroups that are often neglected in other treatments of this subject. The integration of work and family, womenÆs vision of their own work and consciousness as employees, and womenÆs resistance to exploitative and limiting work are themes are also addressed throughout this book. Written by and interdisciplinary group of women scholars, Women and Work will be of interest to faculty, researchers, and advanced students in the fields of sociology, organization studies, psychology, gender studies, womenÆs history, and economics.

Tabella dei contenuti

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

Introduction – Elizabeth Higginbotham

PART TWO: HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES

Introduction – Elizabeth Higginbotham

An Economic Profile of Women in the United States – Barbara Robles

Speaking Up – Sharon Harley

The Politics of Black Women′s Labor History

PART THREE: MANUFACTURING AND DOMESTIC SERVICE

Introduction – Mary Romero

The Evolution of `Alohawear′ – Joyce Chinen

Colonialism, Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Hawaii′s Garment Industry

Everyday Work Experiences – Louise Lamphere

Mexican American and Anglo Women in the Sunbelt Factories

Working `without Papers′ in the US – Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

Towards the Integration of Legal Status in Frameworks of Race, Class and Gender

PART FOUR: HEALTH CARE, PROFESSIONS, MANAGERIAL AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Introduction – Elizabeth Higginbotham

Class Experience and Conflict in Feminist Workplaces – Sandra Morgen

A Case Study

Black and White Professional-Managerial Women′s Perceptions of Racism and Sexism in the Workplace – Lynn Weber and Elizabeth Higginbotham

Immigrant Entrepreneurship, the Increase in Wife′s Economic Role and Unequal Social Rewards – Pyong Gap Min

Koreans in New York City

PART FIVE: WORKING FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY: DILEMMAS IN BUILDING SOLIDARITY

Introduction – Mary Romero

Working-Class Mexican American Women and `Voluntarism′ – Mary Pardo

`We Had to Do It′

The Third Shift – Lynda Dickson

Black Women′s Club Activities in Denver, 1900-1925

PART SIX: EPILOG

Epilogue – Mary Romero