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Reports on the successes of innovative training opportunities for non-college women who end up in low-paying, low-mobility, pink collar jobs. Examines the relative effectiveness of various programs in helping these women gain access to high-wage, high-mobility employment opportunities, and spells out what kinds of state and nonprofit programs have proven most and least effective. [publisher web site].

Chronicles the life of Jane Addams, discussing her family life, personal relationships, political beliefs, work for social reform, and impact on American history.

In this ... interpretation of the life and work of quintessential "public intellectual" Jane Addams (1860-1935), [the author] explores Addams's legacy thematically and chronologically, recounting Addams's embrace of "social feminism," her challenge to the usual cleavage between "conservative" and "liberal," and the growth of Chicago's famed Hull House into a thriving cultural and intellectual center.-Back cover.

Overview: 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,...

"When she penned her autobiography Twenty Years at Hull-House in 1909, Jane Addams was one of the most famous and influential women in the country. Committed pacifist and champion of social progress, she was also deemed by the contemporary media to be the only saint America had produced. Writing from that lofty perch at the height of the Progressive era, Addams aimed to use an attractive, accessible life story as a vehicle for advancing her reform...

"Women in record numbers are breaking away from the constraints of corporate life to seek fulfillment in business on their own or in their own way. Careerpreneurs captures the voices of these pioneers - both those forging a path inside an organization and those out in the entrepreneurial limelight - who describe their strategies for success and the potential pitfalls. These women model the hallmarks of a self-managed career: portable skills and knowledge,...

Jane Addams is most widely remembered as a founder of Hull House, but her social vision extended far beyond Chicago's Halsted Street. Addams worked tirelessly on behalf of a multitude of social causes, including industrial and educational reform, drug laws, sanitation, disaster relief, and food purity. In 1931, she won the Nobel Prize for Peace, a tribute to the decades of energy and eloquence she devoted to eradicating intolerance and elevating human...

The story of an industry from 1833 to present, written by the people who fought for a union, as well as those who opposed it. Using newspaper and magazine stories, personal accounts and histories, it reflects the views of both workers and bosses, of judges, presidents, sociologists, and journalists.