Kessler-Harris, Alice

  • The Future of Housework (Part 1 only)

    Documentary about the future of housework, hosted by Celeste Wesson. Contains recordings from the conference “The Future of Housework: the role of the housewife and sharing arrangements for childcare,” organized by the Women’s Studies program at Sarah Lawrence College. Part 1 features three personal views on housework and childcare: 1. Roni Hagerty — National Congress…

  • History of women workers and women in the labor movement

    Historian Dr. Blanche Wiesen Cook interviews historian Dr. Alice Kessler Harris about women and work and women in the labor movement. Harris talks about challenging the notion of work as being “work for pay” and talks about both women’s household labor and women as wage workers, both historically and in contemporary times. Harris’ books includes…

  • Jewish women in New York

    Tapes selected from a panel on immigrant Jewish women which was part of a conference on Culture and Community among New York Jews which took place January 27-29, 1979, sponsored by the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research in cooperation with the Center for Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia University and made possible by a…