Historian at Fordham University. Working on women, work, & culture in America. Author of Feminism's Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work & Family.
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Glad to get the chance to talk with @jbouie about the real American working class--not hard hats but home health care workers and Amazon warehouse employees. All need unions, decent work conditions, and real living wages. nytimes.com/2021/03/02/opini….
Happy to get a chance to remind the world of what RBG learned from Sweden and how it shaped her vision of equality. @christyzen @CRWDietrich @FordhamHistory @JulieCSuk @DeborahDinner @FordhamNYC
"What Ruth Bader Ginsburg Learned From Swedish Social Democracy" jacobinmag.com/2020/09/ruth-…
So glad to see people finding Painting Professionals out there! Would love to hear what you learn.
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Loved talking with @JulieCSuk on topic now more important than ever as the Supreme Court loses RBG.
Thank you @NYPLEvents for hosting a great conversation with Kirsten Swinth about #WeTheWomen, the #ERA and the forgotten fights for mothers' equality. We the Women: Julie Suk with Kirsten Swinth | LIVE from NYPL youtu.be/lff4t9ttVrM via @YouTube
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The June issue of the AHR includes Joanna L. Grossman’s featured review of Kirsten Swinth's book Feminism’s Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family. @kswinth academic.oup.com/ahr/article…
Thrilled to see this great piece by @OnekaLaBennett!
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The stories keep coming: the pandemic has not been kind or fair to mothers. And our leaders don’t seem to care or think about it.
In the Covid-19 Economy, You Can Have a Kid or a Job. You Can’t Have Both. nytimes.com/2020/07/02/busin…
So glad to see someone getting the data on what we all knew was true. The evidence is mounting every day that no schools. No childcare. And work at home=big costs for women.
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Professor Wes Alcenat on @CBSNews' piece on #Juneteenth: cbsnews.com/news/juneteenth-…
'...much of what I know regarding ... what contributions or roles black people made to #history …was something I really learned in adulthood.'
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Growing evidence that productivity of female faculty has dropped disproportionately since Covid, likely due to dealing with other obligations go.nature.com/3cjTA8b @ucsf, we're automatically OK'ing "stop the clock" &, at promotion, weighing Covid-related hardships @NatureIndex
We rely on women as essential caregivers--pandemic or not. But we pay them like their work has little value. Valuing "essential workers" means paying them like we mean it.
Why Are Some Health Care Workers Paid Poverty Wages? nyti.ms/2X5cqu4 via @nytvideo
And here are resources for domestic workers. From the amazing National Domestic Workers Alliance. Information about safe practices, emergency fund, insurance and more: membership.domesticworkers.o…
Today's theme is domestic workers. Paying them. Respecting them. Giving them safe working conditions. Here's one starting point, with some good resources.
If you're continuing to get paid through this pandemic, sign the Pledge to continue to pay the domestic worker you employ. The #coronavirus crisis is exposing the lack of safety net for the workers who give care and support our families.
#domesticworkers
actionnetwork.org/forms/i-ca…
Thanks @NanetteFondas for the shout out!
There are many more who didn't make it into my piece but you should read their books: @Megankstack @CaitlynMCollins @kswinth @judithwarner @lizamundy @eve_rodsky @LizODTweets @sharonmeers @RianeEisler @SlaughterAM @rowefinkbeiner, and join @MomsRising!
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Beautiful mural on corner of 34th St. & 8the Ave honoring the essential labor of health care workers of @MontefioreNYC. Mad love, solidarity to appreciation to our fellow Bronx anchor institution, and to all health care and other essential workers. @FordhamNYC
Great question @BrigidSchulte. My research shows actually that labor started bargaining for these benefits in the 1980s. And maternity leave has been on unions agendas since the 1950s. #overload @_elkelly
I'm interested in knowing more about this, too. Unions for a long time were, rightly, concerned about wages and hours, but family-supportive policies like paid family leave and work-life balance took a backseat #Overload @MITSloanExperts
Replying to @_elkelly @mitsloanexperts @BrigidSchulte and @tomhunt100. I'm curious about unions too in the sense that I wonder how management-worker relations play out. Were all the participants in #workredesign professionals? #Overload
Thoughtful. Thought-provoking. Angry-making. Thanks @kate_manne for setting it out so clearly.
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