Ruth Milkman is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at The CUNY Graduate Center. Her books include L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement and Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II.
"Milkman's book is a must read, not only to remind those of us
influenced by her excellent work how significant her scholarship
was and is, but also for new scholars who can trace the
intellectual evolution of a labor studies author whose writing has
always been grounded in painstaking empirical research, and
simultaneously dedicated to analyzing the origins and operation of
social inequality, even as specific topics, theories, and
approaches have shifted over time."--Labour/ Le Travail "Milkman's
collection will well serve scholars of the Great Plains with its
comprehensive coverage, from a 1976 study of Great Depression
female workers to an essay written for this volume that reprises
the same questions for the 2008 Great Recession. The 11 essays
constitute a history of women's relationships to both the workforce
and unions across the twentieth century. . . . Milkman's decades of
study provide a solid foundation for new work in Great Plains labor
history."--Great Plains Quarterly
"A fascinating and timely set of articles. . . What
Milkman's four decades of illuminating scholarship reveals is both
the uphill battle the movement will face precisely because many of
these fast-growing occupations have been sex-typed as 'women's
work.' But there is hope in these chapters too."--Dissent
"This volume illuminates mechanisms of gendered inequality
in the work force, illustrating how class inequality and gendered
inequality are inextricably linked. Students and scholars of
gendered dynamics of labor and society will appreciate the breadth
and abundance of macrosociological research as well as Milkman's
accessible and effective writing style."--Labor: Studies in
Working-Class History "What a pleasure to have in a single volume
these brilliant, eye-opening essays by Ruth Milkman. It's all
here--her stunning 1970s rethinking of Marx and sex-segregated
labor markets to her recent revelatory studies of the stark class
divides separating women today. Each essay is a gem, rigorous
analytically and elegant in formation. A remarkable, intellectual
game-changer of a collection."--Dorothy Sue Cobble, co-author of
Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American
Women's Movements "Throughout her distinguished career as a
scholar-activist, Ruth Milkman has focused attention on the
struggles of wage-earning women. An antidote to Lean In, her
collection of essays explains why the fight for gender equality in
a capitalist society typically only benefits elite women. When
feminism focuses on the needs of working-class women, everyone
wins."--Christine Williams, author of Inside Toyland: Working,
Shopping, and Social Inequality
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