The Fifties
Resources for History Workshop, the Fifties. Professor Rachel Devlin
Websites
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Bracero History ArchiveIt includes the oral histories and artifacts pertaining to the Bracero Program, a guest worker initiative from 1942-1964.
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Fred Wright Cartoons, University of PittsburghFred Wright was an American labor cartoonist and activist. His cartoons reflecting labor issues spans from 1939 to 1984.
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Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCaran-Walter Act)This legislation upheld the national origins quota system established by the Immigration Act of 1924. It also ended Asian exclusion from immigrating to the United States and introduced a system of preferences based on skill sets and family reunification.
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127 newly naturalized citizens take an oath as new citizens at Seabrook,1953On June 25, 1953, 127 newly naturalized Japanese Americans take an oath as new citizens.
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“Shocking Instance of Brutal Employer Aggression”: Antiunion Violence in a “Union-free” TownSource: Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, J. D. Jewell Co., 82nd Congress, 1st Session on J. D. Jewell Co. and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, A.F.L., August 9, 1951 (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1951), 2–5.
Books
A Day in the Life of an American Worker: 200 trades and professions through history by
"This introduction to the history of work in America illuminates the many important roles that men and women of all backgrounds have played in the formation of the United States"
Call Number: RUonlineISBN: 9798216072003Publication Date: 2020
Women's ILO : Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present. by Call Number: RUonlineISBN: 9221300749Publication Date: 2018
Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity by
Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics A renowned economic historian traces women's journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home A century ago, it was a given that a woman with a college degree had to choose between having a career and a family. Today, there are more female college graduates than ever before, and more women want to have a career and family, yet challenges persist at work and at home. This book traces how generations of women have responded to the problem of balancing career and family as the twentieth century experienced a sea change in gender equality, revealing why true equity for dual career couples remains frustratingly out of reach. Drawing on decades of her own groundbreaking research, Claudia Goldin provides a fresh, in-depth look at the diverse experiences of college-educated women from the 1900s to today, examining the aspirations they formed--and the barriers they faced--in terms of career, job, marriage, and children. She shows how many professions are "greedy," paying disproportionately more for long hours and weekend work, and how this perpetuates disparities between women and men. Goldin demonstrates how the era of COVID-19 has severely hindered women's advancement, yet how the growth of remote and flexible work may be the pandemic's silver lining. Antidiscrimination laws and unbiased managers, while valuable, are not enough. Career and Family explains why we must make fundamental changes to the way we work and how we value caregiving if we are ever to achieve gender equality and couple equity.
Call Number: RUonlineISBN: 9780691226736Publication Date: 2021-10-12
