| Description |
xi, 249 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Puerto Rican studies |
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Puerto Rican studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Needlewomen under the New Deal in Puerto Rico, 1920-1945 / Eileen Boris -- 'En la aguja y el pedal eché la hiel': Puerto Rican women in the garment industry of New York City, 1920-1980 / Altagracia Ortiz -- Toward bilingual education: Puerto Rican women teachers in New York City schools, 1947-1967 / Virginia Sánchez Korrol -- The Impact of job losses on Puerto Rican women in the Middle Atlantic Region, 1970-1980 / Alice Colón-Warren -- Our two full-time jobs: women garment workers balance factory and domestic demands in Puerto Rico / Carmen A. Pérez-Herranz -- Gender and politics: grassroots leadership among Puerto Rican women in a health struggle / Marya Muñoz-Vázquez -- Negotiating gender, work, and welfare: familia as productive labor among Puerto Rican women in New York City / Rosa M. Torruellas, Rina Benmayor, and Ana Juarbe -- New tappings on the keys: changes in work and gender roles for women clerical workers in Puerto Rico / Geraldine J. Casey. |
| Subject |
Puerto Rican women -- Employment -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Employment -- Puerto Rico -- History.
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| Added Author |
Ortiz, Altagracia, 1941-
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| ISBN |
1566394503 cloth |
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1566394511 paperback |
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