Out to Work

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Out to Work is written by Alice Kessler-Harris and published by Oxford University Press, USA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195157109 (ISBN 10) and 9780195157109 (ISBN 13).

First published in 1982, this pioneering work traces the transformation of women's work into wage labor in the United States, identifying the social, economic, and ideological forces that have shaped our expectations of what women do. Basing her observations upon the personal experience of individual American women set against the backdrop of American society, Alice Kessler-Harris examines the effects of class, ethnic and racial patterns, changing perceptions of wage work for women, and the relationship between wage-earning and family roles. In the 20th Anniversary Edition of this landmark book, the author has updated the original and written a new Afterword.