I uploaded my photo, I’m currently employed as a Care Coordinator for 11 years at a Health Home located in the South Bronx. I provide services to the homeless, substance use disorder) Medical (Chronic diagnosis), and Person with Mental Illness.
I’m taking this class, not only because I need it to graduate, however I would like to explore the complex relationship between women and the workforce throughout American history. By investigating this course, particular queries might come up, such as:
What changes in cultural conceptions have women’s positions in the workforce undergone over history?
What obstacles did women have to overcome in order to find and keep jobs during important junctures in American history?
In what ways did the labor movement impact gender dynamics in the workplace?
How have race and class intersected with gender, influencing women’s experiences in various occupational fields?
What role did women play in shaping labor laws and policies throughout history?
These questions aim to foster a comprehensive understanding of the complex and evolving dynamics between women and work in American history.
instruction: For this final writing assignment, please review the linked Photo Essay “Making it Work” by Leah Nash of the New York Times, that was published in July 2020.
Please take a digital picture of yourself, [or have someone take a picture of you] that shows you in a work setting, at home or in your workplace away from home]. As you’ll see in this photo essay, each woman worker has provided a statement about how they work in multiple roles in the home and away from home. If you have questions about how to do this, please contact me: Karen.Garner@esc.edu .
Include your digital photo and your statement to accompany your photo, in the word document along with your final essay [described below].
Write a 5 page double-spaced essay (1000-1500 words) explaining what you learned about “women’s work” this semester, using some of the new terms you learned through the “Key Concepts of each module, and in relation to our course Learning Objectives as they are outlined on our Learning Contract: 1. Discuss women’s roles in the colonial economy. 2. Discuss the evolving role of wage work in women’s lives and the manner in which wage work affected women’s domestic lives, as well as public perceptions of their roles in the workplace. 3. Analyze how race, class, and gender are crucial to understanding women’s lives. 4. Effectively express this knowledge and understanding in completing college-level written and other assignments.
Did you have additional objectives you hoped to achieve, or concepts that you learned about this semester that you would like to comment on in this essay? Please feel free to evaluate the course contents and course organization here, too.
